Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Eustache Deschamps
Born: 1346
Died: 1406 (aged 60)
Bio: Eustache Deschamps was a medieval French poet, also known as Eustache Morel. Born at Vertus, in Champagne, he received lessons in versification from Guillaume de Machaut and later studied law at Orleans University.