Leo Tolstoy: 10 quotes on his birthday

10 quotes from Leo Tolstoy, esteemed author of classic novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" 

10. What we know

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“The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”

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