Quote of the day
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Étienne-Gabriel Morelly

Born: 1717
Died: 1778 (aged 61)
Bio: Étienne-Gabriel Morelly was a French utopian thinker and novelist. An otherwise obscure tax official, Morelly wrote two books on education and a critique of Montesquieu.