We live in this world like a child who enters a room where a clever pe…

Leo Tolstoy
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We live in this world like a child who enters a room where a clever person is speaking. The child did not hear the beginning of the speech, and he leaves before the end; and there are certain things which he hears but does not understand ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2010). A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se, p.112, Simon and Schuster
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