Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Max O'Rell

Born: March 2, 1848
Died: May 25, 1903 (aged 55)
Bio: Max O'Rell was the pen name of Léon Paul Blouet, French author and journalist.
Known for:
- John Bull and his island (1884)
- Jonathan and his continent (1887)
- A Frenchman in America (1891)
- Rambles in womanland (1903)
- Woman and artist (1900)