# Leo Tolstoy Quotes

Russian novelist, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. (1828-1910)

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy
If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Leo Tolstoy
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
Leo Tolstoy

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### Who was Leo Tolstoy?

Russian novelist, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This page collects their most famous quotes in one place.

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