Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Moderata Fonte
Born: 1555
Died: 1592 (aged 37)
Bio: Moderata Fonte, pseudonym of Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi, also known as Modesto Pozzo, was a Venetian writer and poet. Besides the posthumously-published dialogue, Il merito delle donne for which she is best known, she wrote a romance and religious poetry.