Quote of the day
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Leo Tolstoy
Born: September 9, 1828
Died: November 20, 1910 (aged 82)
Bio: Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.
Known for:
- War and Peace (1869)
- Anna Karenina (1877)
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886)
- The Kreutzer Sonata (1889)
- The Cossacks (1863)
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