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.
Edith Sitwell
Born: September 7, 1887
Died: December 9, 1964 (aged 77)
Bio: Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells.
Known for:
- Fanfare for Elizabeth (1946)
- A poet's notebook (1943)
- The Queens and the Hive (1962)
- English Women (1942)
- Victoria of England (1935)
Edith Sitwell Quotes