Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other can…

Leo Tolstoy
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Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. ✨ A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy, translated by P. Sekirin, (November 26), 1997.
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Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. ✨ A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy, translated by P. Sekirin, (November 26), 1997.

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