Quote of the day
The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.
Rutebeuf

Died: 1285
Bio: Rutebeuf, a trouvère, was born in the first half of the 13th century, possibly in Champagne ; he was evidently of humble birth, and he was a Parisian by education and residence. His name is nowhere mentioned by his contemporaries.