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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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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God. – Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy
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Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. – Thomas Browne

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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. – Samuel Butler

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Even when youre making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess its part of my dramatic viewpoint. Im not sure why exactly. – Gus Van Sant

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Life cant defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writers lover until death. – Edna Ferber

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