Quote of the day
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Pierre de Marivaux
Born: February 4, 1688
Died: February 12, 1763 (aged 75)
Bio: Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French novelist and dramatist.
Known for:
- The Game of Love and Chance (1730)
- L'Île des esclaves
- Double Inconstancy (1724)
- Les Fausses Confidences (1737)
- La Surprise de l'amour