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.
John Foxe
Born: 1516
Died: April 18, 1587 (aged 71)
Bio: John Foxe was an English Protestant writer, editor and translator. His immensely influential Acts and Monuments, better known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, was for three centuries one of the books most commonly found in English households.
Known for:
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563)