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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, espec

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. – Leo Tolstoy

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. – Leo Tolstoy

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. – Leo Tolstoy

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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. – Leo Tolstoy

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