Mark Twain vs. Leo Tolstoy

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

Mark Twain

1835 – 1910

Literature

United States

Mark Twain (1835) was an American writer and humorist, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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"After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her."

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Leo Tolstoy

1828 – 1910

Literature

Russian Empire

literary realism

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.

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"I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts."

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