Leo Tolstoy Quotes


And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but by the love for them that is in other people.


Citations

Tolstoy, Leo. What Men Live By, and Other Tales. Translated by L. and A. Maude, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1888, p. 45.

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Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
  • Born: September 9, 1828
  • Died: November 20, 1910
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 9 September, 1828 – 20 November, 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. That he never won is a major controversy.