
Tolstoy
The Russian Giant
If you want to be happy, be. Leo probed the human soul and war. A quest for absolute truth.
1828 — 1910
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Life and journey
Leo sought truth in simplicity and non-violence.
Their thought
primitive Christianity and neighbourly love.
What they leave us
vast fresco of the human soul. vice and virtue.
Major works
War and Peace (1869).
Anna Karenina (1877).
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“Si vous voulez être heureux, soyez-le.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“If you want to be happy, be.”
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