Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Edmond Jabès

Born: April 16, 1912
Died: January 2, 1991 (aged 78)
Bio: Edmond Jabès was a French writer and poet of an Egyptian origin, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II.
Known for:
- The book of margins
- From the book to the book (1991)
- The little book of unsuspected subversion
- The book of shares (1989)