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 Jay Chapman
Born: March 2, 1862
Died: November 4, 1933 (aged 71)
Bio: John Jay Chapman was an American author.
Known for:
- Emerson and Other Essays (1898)
- Unbought spirit
- Greek genius, and other essays (1915)
- William Lloyd Garrison (1913)
- Lucian, Plato and Greek morals (1931)