Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Christopher Ricks

Born: 1933 (age 92)
Bio: Sir Christopher Bruce Ricks is a British literary critic and scholar. He is the William M. and Sara B.
Known for:
- Dylan's Visions of Sin (2004)
- The Force of Poetry (1984)
- Keats and Embarrassment (1974)
- The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1987)