Kings are the slaves of history. - Leo Tolstoy

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Kings are the slaves of history.

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About Leo Tolstoy

Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy [Ле́в Никола́евич Толсто́й, usually rendered Leo Tolstoy, or sometimes Tolstoi] (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910) was a Russian writer, philosopher and social activist (social critic), whose novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina are internationally praised classics of world literature. He was a major influence on the development of Christian anarchism and pacifism, contributing to such nonviolent resistance movements as those of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Bevel.

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Birth Name: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Native Name: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й
Alternative Names: Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 Tolstoĭ, Lev Nikolaevich, graf, 1828-1910 Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoĭ Leo Tolstoi
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إذا غاب عن الإنسان الفهم والبصيرة بأن كل ماهو مؤقت ليس إلا نوعاً من الوهم، فإنه لن يؤمن إلا بما هو مؤقت. أما إذا رأى ببصيرته أن كل ماهو موقوت ليس إلا وهم، فحينئذ سيؤمن بما هو باقٍ ودائم.

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