Tuesday, January 30, 2018

And worse is winning


Russian writer Joseph Brodsky died on this day in 1996. He wrote:

"Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse."

Another Russian, Tsar Peter the Great, also died on this date, in 1725. (Shown here on his deathbed.) His last words:

"Leave everything to--"




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