Quote of the day
We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.
Louis Auchincloss
Born: September 7, 1917
Died: January 26, 2010 (aged 92)
Bio: Louis Stanton Auchincloss was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a prolific novelist who parlayed his experiences into books exploring the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money.
Known for:
- The Rector of Justin (1964)
- The Embezzler (1966)
- The Headmaster's Dilemma (2007)
- Diary of a yuppie (1986)
- The book class (1984)