Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Arthur Waley
Born: August 19, 1889
Died: June 27, 1966 (aged 76)
Bio: Arthur David Waley was an English Orientalist and sinologist who achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for his translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry.
Known for:
- Monkey (1942)
- Three ways of thought in ancient China (1939)
- The No Plays of Japan (1921)
- The Secret History of the Mongols
- More Translations from the Chinese (1919)