Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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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