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.
Multatuli
Born: March 2, 1820
Died: February 19, 1887 (aged 66)
Bio: Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pen name Multatuli, was a Dutch writer famous for his satirical novel Max Havelaar, which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies.
Known for:
- Max Havelaar (1860)
- Woutertje Pieterse
- Walter Pieterse: A Story of Holland
- Millionen-studien (1873)