Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Yevgeny Baratynsky
Born: March 2, 1800
Died: July 11, 1844 (aged 44)
Bio: Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian Symbolism poets as a supreme poet of thought.