Leo Tolstoy

The Ultimate Purpose Chris Webster Sun, 2014/12/14 - 08:09

A bee settling on a flower has stung a child. And the child is afraid of bees and declares that bees exist to sting people. A poet admires the bee sucking from the chalice of a flower and says it exists to suck the fragrance of flowers.

In Comparison With Eternity Chris Webster Fri, 2014/09/26 - 07:44

"Louis XVI was executed because they said he was dishonorable and a criminal," came into Pierre's head, "and from their point of view they were right, as were those too who canonized him and died a martyr's death for his sake.