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The Devil QUOTES

The Devil QUOTES

1 " The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

2 " The doctor arrived towards dinnertime and said, of course, that although recurring phenomena might well elicit apprehension, nonetheless there was, strictly speaking, no positive indication, yet since neither was there any contraindication, it might, on the one hand, be supposed, but on the other hand it might also be supposed. And it was therefore necessary to stay in bed, and although I don't like prescribing, nevertheless take this and stay in bed. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

3 " And indeed, if Evgeny Irtenev was mentally ill, then all people are just as mentally ill, and the most mentally ill are undoubtably those who see signs of madness in others that they do not see in themselves. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

4 " But really, why should you distress yourself? Whoever stirs up the past — out with his eye! Who is not a sinner before God and to blame before the Tsar, as the saying is? "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

5 " Tout était si beau, joyeux et pur dans la maison ; mais dans son âme tout était laid, sale, horrible. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

6 " It is generally supposed that Conservatives are usually old people, and that those in favour of change are the young. That is not quite correct. Usually, Conservatives are young people: those who want to live but who do not think about how to live, and have not time to think, and therefore take as a model for themselves a way of life that they have seen. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

7 " Nothing does harm if one`s mind is at peace. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

8 " It is generally supposed the Conservatives are usually old people, and that those in favour of change are the young. That is not quite correct. Usually Conservatives are young people: those who want to live but who do not think about how to live, and have not time to think, and therefore take as a model for themselves a way of life that they have seen. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

9 " To settle the matter in his own mind was one thing but to carry it out was another. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

10 " si Eugène Irténieff était un malade psychique, alors tous les hommes le sont également, et parmi eux les plus malades sont ceux qui voient les indices de la folie chez les autres et ne les voient point en eux-mêmes. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

11 " - but are you really so in love?
- Oh, it is not that at all. It is not that, it is some kind of power that has seized me and holds me. I do not know what to do. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

12 " ... porém, mais doentes ainda são, sem dúvida, aqueles que veem nos outros sinais de loucura que não veem em si mesmos. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil

13 " I have often remarked that it is hardest of all to live with people who are untruthful and insincere. I can endure anything except that. "

― Leo Tolstoy , The Devil