Quote of the day
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
Peter Quennell
Born: March 9, 1905
Died: October 27, 1993 (aged 88)
Bio: Sir Peter Courtney Quennell was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic.
Known for:
- Who's who in Shakespeare (1973)
- Byron; the years of fame (1935)
- Victorian panorama (1937)
- Byron in Italy (1941)