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.
Theodore Zeldin

Born: August 22, 1933 (age 91)
Bio: Theodore Zeldin is an Oxford scholar and thinker whose books have searched for answers to three questions.
Known for:
- An intimate history of humanity (1994)
- The Hidden Pleasures of Life (2015)
- Conversation (1998)
- France, 1848-1945 (1974)
- French (1982)