16 January The literary calendar

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Rosita Forbes1890 · Lincoln British writer and explorer

Thought for the day

Conquer thyself, till thou hast done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

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Richard Francis Burton · As quoted in The New Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Arranged by
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Rosita Forbes: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Charles Lloyd: E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Auberon Waugh: Lauracalero99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized