Sublime

It is better to know a little about the rules of living than to learn all kinds of useless scientific subjects. Knowledge of useless scientific subjects will only subject you to the temptation of pride and will prevent you from understanding the necessary rules of living. Tolstoy

The condition of marriage is that two people of different sexes have the obligation to have children, but only with each other. Any violation of this condition is deception, betrayal and a crime. Tolstoy

The union of a man and a woman for the continuation of the human race is such a huge and significant matter, both for the individual as well as for all mankind, that it must not be brought about any old how, at someone’s whim, just to make life pleasant for someone; it must conform to the considered decisions of all those wise and saintly people

We are not free in this world, subdued by our passions and by the emotions of other people to the degree that we forget the requirements of our intellects. If we really want to become free, we can be so only through our intellect.

il voyait que tous ceux de son entourage le considéraient comme un désagrément accidentel, comme une inconvenance (tel un homme qui, en entrant dans un salon, exhalerait autour de lui une mauvaise odeur). Toujours les apparences qui avaient été le culte de toute sa vie. Il voyait que personne ne le regrettait, que personne ne voulait même