"We are asleep until we fall in love" — Leo Tolstoi

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Source: Letter to James Madison (Jan. 30, 1787)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Source: Artemis to Actaeon, Vesalius in Zante (1909)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

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