Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
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)