Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Niall Ferguson
Born: April 18, 1964 (age 61)
Bio: Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British historian from Scotland. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University.
Known for:
- Civilization: The West and the Rest (2011)
- The Pity of War: Explaining World War I (1999)
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