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).
Vasily Klyuchevsky
Born: January 28, 1841
Died: May 25, 1911 (aged 70)
Bio: Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky was a leading Russian historian of the late imperial period.