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).
Robert Greene
Born: July 11, 1558
Died: September 3, 1592 (aged 34)
Bio: Robert Greene was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greenes, Groats-worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance, widely believed to contain an attack on William Shakespeare.
Known for:
- Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit (1592)
- The Concise Mastery
- A quip for an upstart courtier (1592)
- Scottish History of James the Fourth