Leo Tolstoy Quotes


The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.


Citations

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1922-23.

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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.