Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Gertrude Bell
Born: July 14, 1868
Died: July 12, 1926 (aged 57)
Bio: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was an English writer, traveler, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist.
Known for:
- The Desert and the Sown (1907)
- Tales from the Queen of the Desert
- Letters of Gertrude Bell
- Amurath to Amurath (1911)