Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
David Law Proudfit

Born: October 27, 1842
Died: February 23, 1897 (aged 54)
Bio: David Law Proudfit was an American poet and lithographer, who also wrote under the pseudonym Peleg Arkwright.
Known for:
- Mask and Domino (1888)
- Love among the gamins, and other poems (1877)