Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Carlo M. Cipolla

Born: August 15, 1922
Died: September 5, 2000 (aged 78)
Bio: Carlo M. Cipolla was an Italian economic historian. He was born in Pavia, where he got his academic degree in 1944.
Known for:
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Clocks and culture, 1300-1700
- Guns, Sails & Empires