Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
Born: August 31, 1780
Died: May 29, 1855 (aged 74)
Bio: Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford GCH was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.