Samuel Bentham, brother of the English thinker Jeremy Bentham, served in Russia under Prince Potemkin. When Samuel was invited to come to Russia in 1774, he began preparing for the journey well in advance and took to sleeping on the floor, supposing that in that distant, unknown country they had no notion of comfort and did not know what a bed was
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
