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January 25, 2013 | by

“I’ve fallen in love or imagine I have; went to a party and lost my head. Bought a horse which I don’t need at all.” —Leo Tolstoy, January 25, 1851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Robert Sinton | January 25, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Reading this in Flipboard, the label from the “Tweet” button ran on immediately after the quote in the textual summary of the article.

    “—Leo Tolstoy, January 25, 1851 Tweet”. No doubt it would have been, in different times.

  2. GZ | January 25, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    Hilarious. That such deep understanding of the human condition could emerge from this utterly frivolous, privileged youth makes T a Siddhartha Gautama of the west.

  3. Rafi Zabor | January 26, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    The man forgot little and wasted nothing. A dozen years later he gave us Nikolai Rostov.

  4. gene rodriguez | January 27, 2013 at 5:49 am

    I wish I had a horse.

  5. AW | January 29, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    What edition do you have/recommend?

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