Quote by Leo Tolstoy
To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the maj

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people cant eat it. – Leo Tolstoy

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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. – Leo Tolstoy

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Food
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Our body is a machine for living. It is geared towards it; it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself; it will be more effective than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies. – Leo Tolstoy

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He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. – Leo Tolstoy

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It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art. – Walter Hagen

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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. – Max Eastman

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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. – Will Durant

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Space is the breath of art. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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