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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat

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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All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. – Leo Tolstoy

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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. – Leo Tolstoy

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The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. – Leo Tolstoy

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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life. – Abu Bakr

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McVeighs lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done. – Jon Stewart

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To be honest, Im scared to death of rollercoaster rides. – Liam Neeson

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Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. – Robert Bolt

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