Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Farkas Bolyai
Born: February 9, 1775
Died: November 20, 1856 (aged 81)
Bio: Farkas Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry.