Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes

Born: July 1, 1723
Died: February 3, 1802 (aged 78)
Bio: Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman, economist, and writer, was born at Santa Eulalia de Sorribia, in Asturias. He was an adherent of the position that the state held supremacy over the Church, often called Erastianism.