Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Christiaan Huygens
Born: April 14, 1629
Died: July 8, 1695 (aged 66)
Bio: Christiaan Huygens was a prominent Dutch mathematician and scientist. He is known particularly as an astronomer, physicist, probabilist and horologist.
Known for:
- Cosmotheoros
- The celestial worlds discover'd
- Treatise on Light