Quotations

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Those ideas that have a huge impact are often extremely simple.

If those immoral people gather together to form a force, then the upright people should do the same.

In this salon of Salia, the essence of St. Petersburg high society is gathered.

Why do you men always cannot do without war?

If everyone is fighting for their beliefs, the battle will not be fought.

Don't get married until you have done what you should do.
Wait until you are too old to get married, so as not to let boring and trivial things consume the good and noble things in your heart.

I have four sons in the army, but I am not sad, all this is God’s will.
You may die in bed, but you may not die on the battlefield.

The boots are lighter as soon as they are taken off.

Before a big battle, a good night's sleep is the most important thing.

For the glory of that moment, in order to be able to overcome everyone, in order to get people's love for me, I am willing to give up everything.

Except for the endless sky in front of me, everything is fake and empty.

What do you want to prove by doing this? Prove that you are a fool? Everyone has known this for a long time.

If there is a husband like you, it would be strange if the wife does not steal.

What is right and what is wrong is beyond human judgment. People make mistakes most often when judging right or wrong.

I think there are only two real misfortunes in life: one is being blamed by one's conscience, and the other is being sick.

Spring, love, and happiness are all meaningless foolish lies. How can people not get bored of the old deception?

I love everyone, I have never hurt anyone, but how can I die?

To live, to love others, to believe that we not only live in this land today-we have been like this in the past, we will be like this in the future, and we will always be like this.


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Now the world in my heart is divided into two halves: half with her, there is happiness, hope, and light; the other half does not She, there is only depression and darkness.

People, just live this whole life, and everything will be done when you die, so why bother to commit evil?

When everything is going well and others are happy, I often get tired of everything and hope that everyone will die.

The soul is immortal.

You abduct a little girl, a virgin, don't you know that this is as shameless as beating an old man or a child?

If I were not me, but the most beautiful, smartest, and perfect person in the world, if I were free, I would immediately kneel down to propose to you.


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There will never be people who are more kind, tolerant, and more generous than you.

There are many people who make suggestions, but not those who do practical things.

I will force the French to eat horse meat.

Now, regardless of whether the soldiers or the common people, they are all fighting to fight.

He felt that death was nothing great, but it was terrible.

Victory is not determined by position, weapons, nor the number of participants, but morale.

Never accept a captive, kill or be killed.

It's really painful to be alive, but fortunately there are not many days left.

The more intense the battle, the more calm you must be.

Until the last moment of his (Napoleon) life, he still could not understand what is true, good and beautiful.

The Russian victory in Borodino was a spiritual victory.
This battle made the French see their own weakness and the Russians' spiritual superiority.
The direct consequence of the Battle of Borodino was Napoleon's subsequent retreat from Moscow. This was the annihilation of 500,000 invading troops and the collapse of Napoleon's France.


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our victory, we have always been tolerant.

The French are easy to get along with, especially the emperor.

Patience for a while, endure for a lifetime.

Where there is a trial, there is injustice.

The worm wanted to eat the cabbage, but it was the worm that died in the end.

Death is an awakening.

Life is everything.

I am used to not sleeping before the war.

This crown is given to me by God, and anyone who dares to offend it will never end well.

This nation is doing it right. At the critical juncture of life and death, they ignore what other nations will do in this situation. They just pick up the easiest stick around them. The land fought, until the vengeance caused by the insult turned into contempt and pity for the enemy.

Life is ever-changing, life is great and unthinkable, life is endless.

Let all kind people walk together arm in arm, let them raise the banner of truth, kindness and beauty together to seek happiness for this world!

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War and Peace quotes

  • Pierre Bezukhov: Amuse yourself with women like my wife. There, you're within your rights. They know what you want of them. They are armed against you by the same experience of debauchery. But to promise an innocent girl to marry her - to deceive, to abduct her. Don't you understand that's as despicable as beating an old woman or a child?

    Anatol Kuragin: I don't know about that.

  • Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky: Russia is lost. They've ruined her.