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).
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)