Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
J. G. A. Pocock

Born: March 7, 1924
Died: December 12, 2023 (aged 99)
Bio: John Greville Agard Pocock was a historian of political thought from New Zealand.
Known for:
- The Machiavellian Moment (1975)
- Barbarism and religion (1999)
- The ancient constitution and the feudal law (1957)
- Virtue, commerce, and history (1976)
- The discovery of islands (2005)