Quote of the day
What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.
Johann Gustav Droysen
Born: July 6, 1808
Died: June 19, 1884 (aged 75)
Bio: Johann Gustav Droysen was a German historian. His history of Alexander the Great was the first work representing a new school of German historical thought that idealized power held by so-called "great" men.