Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Francis Burnand
Born: November 29, 1836
Died: April 21, 1917 (aged 80)
Bio: Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, usually known as F. C. Burnand, was an English comic writer and prolific playwright, best known today as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's opera Cox and Box.
Known for:
- Happy Thoughts (1868)
- Happy-Thought Hall (1872)
- The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook
- More Happy Thoughts, Etc. Etc. (1871)
- The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1882)