
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy] (1828 - 1910)
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世界を変えようと誰もが思っているが、自分自身を変えようとは誰も思わない。 - レオ・トルストイ[レフ・ニコラエヴィチ・トルストイ] (1828 - 1910)
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