On the twelfth of June, the forces of Western Europe crossed the borders of Russia, and war began--that is, an event took place contrary to human reason and to the whole of human nature.
("War and Peace")
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Nem akarok semmit sem bizonyítani; élni akarok, s magamon kívül senkinek sem ártani.
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Dumnezeu este doar unul s,i acelas,i pretutindeni.
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He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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There are people who, on meeting a successful rival, no matter in what, are at once disposed to turn their backs on everything good in him, and to see only what is bad. There are people, on the other hand, who desire above all to find in that lucky rival the qualities by which he has outstripped them, and seek with a throbbing ache at heart only what is good.
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