Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Léon Bloy
Born: July 11, 1846
Died: November 3, 1917 (aged 71)
Bio: Léon Bloy was a French novelist, essayist, pamphleteer, and poet.
Known for:
- Disagreeable Tales (1894)
- The Woman Who Was Poor (1897)
- Sweating Blood
- Pilgrim of the absolute
- Mon Journal (1892-1917)