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"Which is worse? The wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not." -Leo Tolstoy

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"Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself." – Leo Tolstoy

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"The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive." -Leo Tolstoy

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