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.
Burton Raffel

Born: April 27, 1928
Died: September 29, 2015 (aged 87)
Bio: Burton Nathan Raffel was a translator, a poet and a teacher. He translated many poems, including the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, poems by Horace, and Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais. In 1964, Raffel recorded an album along with Robert P.
Known for:
- The art of translating prose (1988)
- How to Read a Poem (1984)
- The Annotated Milton (2008)
- The development of modern Indonesian poetry (1967)