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...the mainspring of all our actions is, after all, self-interest.
Leo Tolstoy
through Levin in "Anna Karenina"

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People who can do nothing else ought to rear people, while the rest work for their happiness and enlightenment.
Leo Tolstoy
Professor Katavassov in "Anna Karenina"

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy

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