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).
Ernst Hanfstaengl
Born: February 2, 1887
Died: November 6, 1975 (aged 88)
Bio: Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl was a German businessman who was an intimate of Adolf Hitler before falling out of favour and defecting. He later worked for Franklin D. Roosevelt and was once engaged to the author Djuna Barnes.