Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
R. D. Blackmore
Born: June 7, 1825
Died: January 20, 1900 (aged 74)
Bio: Richard Doddridge Blackmore, known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Known for:
- Lorna Doone (1869)
- The Maid of Sker (1872)
- Clara Vaughan (1864)
- Erema (1877)
- Mary Anerley (1880)