Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Leon Trotsky
Born: November 7, 1879
Died: August 21, 1940 (aged 60)
Bio: Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founding leader of the Red Army.
Known for:
- The Revolution Betrayed
- History of the Russian Revolution (1932)
- Literature and Revolution
- The Permanent Revolution (1931)
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