February 7, 2009: Tolstoy on the Truth - 0 Comments

"He could not simply tell them that they all set off at a trot, he fell off his horse, dislocated his arm, and ran to the woods as fast as he could to escape a Frenchman. Besides, in order to tell everything as it had been, one would have to make an effort with oneself so as to tell only what had been. To tell the truth is very difficult, and young men are rarely capable of it."

- Tolstoy, War & Peace, 1868.