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.
Hugh MacDiarmid

Born: August 11, 1892
Died: September 9, 1978 (aged 86)
Bio: Christopher Murray Grieve, known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure.
Known for:
- A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1926)
- Complete poems
- Selected poetry
- Scottish eccentrics (1936)
- Contemporary Scottish studies (1926)