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Leo Tolstoy, the great writer, famously renounced

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Apr 9, 2025

Leo Tolstoy, the great writer, famously renounced his inherited wealth and chose to live as an ascetic and hermit in his later years. One of his disciples, a writer named Chertkov, was a wealthy aristocrat. At one point, Tolstoy learned that Chertkov had traveled first class on a recent journey. He rebuked him, urging him…

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