Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
August Wilhelm Schlegel
Born: September 8, 1767
Died: May 12, 1845 (aged 77)
Bio: August Wilhelm Schlegel, usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence of Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics.