Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Stephen Potter

Born: February 1, 1900
Died: December 2, 1969 (aged 69)
Bio: Stephen Meredith Potter was a British author best known for his mocking self-help books and their film and television derivatives.
Known for:
- The theory and practice of gamesmanship (1947)
- The complete upmanship
- One-upmanship (1952)
- Doing Postgraduate Research