Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Olympe de Gouges
Born: May 7, 1748
Died: November 3, 1793 (aged 45)
Bio: Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience.