Quote of the day
The [Nobel ]prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.
Giovanni Battista Lorenzi

Born: 1721
Died: 1807 (aged 86)
Bio: Giovanni Battista Lorenzi was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in (Naples, and was a friend of Giovanni Paisiello, with whom he collaborated on numerous operas.






