Quote of the day
His own image... was no longer the reflection of a clumsy, dirty, gray bird, ugly and offensive. He himself was a swan! Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
John Wilson Croker

Born: December 20, 1780
Died: August 10, 1857 (aged 76)
Bio: John Wilson Croker was an Irish statesman and author.
Known for:
- Croker papers
- History of the Guillotine (1853)
- Johnsoniana; Or, Supplement To Boswell (1836)






