I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor. ✨ Leo Tolsto…

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I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2012). Collected Shorter Fiction, vol. 1, p.934, Everyman's Library
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I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2012). Collected Shorter Fiction, vol. 1, p.934, Everyman's Library

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