Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Jeanne Martinet

Born: March 24, 1920
Died: November 6, 2018 (aged 98)
Bio: Jeanne Martinet was a French semiotician and a proprietor of a semiotics school. Her husband was the eminent linguist André Martinet.
Known for:
- The Art of Mingling (1992)
- Truer than true romance (2001)
- Etiquette for the End of the World (2012)
- The faux pas survival guide (1996)