Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Adam Mickiewicz
Born: December 24, 1798
Died: November 26, 1855 (aged 56)
Bio: Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, professor of Slavic literature, and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus.
Known for:
- Pan Tadeusz (1834)
- Konrad Wallenrod (1828)
- Ode to Youth (1820)
- Pani Twardowska
- Grażyna (1823)