John P

“Paulucci and Michaud both attacked Wolzogen simultaneously in French. Armfeldt addressed Pfuel in German. Toll explained to Volkonski in Russian. Prince Andrew listened and observed in silence.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude (Translator), War and Peace

“We know that man has the faculty of becoming completely absorbed in a subject however trivial it may be, and that there is no subject so trivial that it will not grow to infinite proportions if one's entire attention is devoted to it.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude (Translator), War and Peace

“Limping, attendants rushed up to support him,
Attendants made of gold who looked like real girls,
With a mind within, and a voice, and strength,
And knowledge of crafts from the immortal gods.
These busily moved to support their lord...”
― Homer, The Iliad

“But despite the fact that the doctors treated him, bled him, and gave him medicines to drink -- he recovered.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace