Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Ernest Dimnet
Born: 1866
Died: 1954 (aged 88)
Bio: Ernest Dimnet, French priest, writer and lecturer, is the author of The Art of Thinking, a popular book on thinking and reasoning during the 1930s.
Known for:
- The art of thinking (1929)
- Bronte Sisters (1927)
- What We Live by (1932)
- France Herself Again (1914)