Leo Tolstoy Quotes


And so he who looks down at his feet will not know the truth, but he who discerns by the sun which way to go.


Citations

Tolstoy, Leo. A Calendar of Wisdom. Translated by Peter Sekirin, Scribner, 1997.

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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.