Corruption of the Soul Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Tolstoy was known to be a very sensitive man. As a child his nickname translated into "Cry Baby" (don't ask me what it is in Russian). He has great insights into human nature, and this one I just read is particularly suited to some *current* events, and others less current in the same (un)said country:
On the Tsar Nicholas:
The constant, brazen flattery of his entourage, in the teeth of obvious evidence, had brought him to a state where he no longer saw his contradictions, measured his actions and words with reality, reason or plain common sense, but was quite sure that all his orders, however senseless they were, however unjust and inconsistent, were reasoned, just and consistent simply because he gave them.
-Leo Tolstoy, Hadji Murat
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