"All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do."

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Leo Tolstoy

#Inspirational Quotes #Karma Quotes #Peace Quotes

“Is it too ingenuous to imagine that anything can be left to say about a garden? Garden literature, descriptive, reminiscent, and technical, has blossomed so profusely among us during the last decade, that he should be an expert indeed who ventures to add thereto.”
“I certainly incorporate facts into my fiction. I take the basic facts from the life of my subject and I pick and choose what to use to construct a really interesting novel. I don't let facts get in the way of my imagination and my exploration of the subject's emotions and relationships.”
“It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.”
“The union of the Roman empire was dissolved; its genius was humbled in the dust; and armies of unknown barbarians, issuing from the frozen regions of the North, had established their victorious reign over the fairest provinces of Europe and Africa.”
“the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.”
“Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in rags.”
“If you want a friend, buy a dog.”
“If you can't be funny, be interesting.”

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