With one hand I take thousands of rubles from the poor, and with the other I hand back a few kopecks.
Leo TolstoyI think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world.
Leo TolstoyEvery time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as soon as I would give in to vile passions I was praised and encouraged. Ambition, love of power, self-interest, lechery, pride, anger, vengeance-all of it was highly esteemed.
Leo Tolstoy