Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Alfred von Tirpitz
Born: March 19, 1849
Died: March 6, 1930 (aged 80)
Bio: Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz was a German Großadmiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916.