Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Yu Qiuli

Born: November 15, 1914
Died: February 3, 1999 (aged 84)
Bio: Yu Qiuli was vice prime minister of China from 1975 until 1982 and was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.