Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Helen Maria Williams
Born: June 17, 1762
Died: December 15, 1827 (aged 65)
Bio: Helen Maria Williams was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works.
Known for:
- Letters Written in France (1790)
- Helen Williams and the French Revolution
- Peru and Peruvian Tales
- Poems 1786
- Poems, moral, elegant and pathetic (1796)