Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
William Blackstone
Born: July 10, 1723
Died: February 14, 1780 (aged 56)
Bio: Sir William Blackstone was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century. He is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Known for:
- Commentaries on the Laws of England
- Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries