Question by ElinorFerrars: Are there any Leo Tolstoy quotes about children?
I am looking for a Leo Tolstoy quote about babies/children – any suggestions?
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Answer by aunt.emme
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chickadee34 says
The only one I'm familiar with is, “Hypocrisy in anything whatsoever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.” (Tolstoy)
Jo W says
“We lost because we told ourselves we lost” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Conceit is incompatible with understanding” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy