Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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)