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).
Henry Austin Dobson

Born: January 18, 1840
Died: September 2, 1921 (aged 81)
Bio: Henry Austin Dobson, commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist.
Known for:
- Eighteenth century vignettes (1892)
- At the sign of the lyre (1884)
- Proverbs in porcelain (1877)
- Eighteenth century essays (1882)