Quote of the day
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
Giambattista della Porta

Born: 1535
Died: February 4, 1615 (aged 80)
Bio: Giambattista della Porta, also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Scientific Revolution and Reformation.