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.
Mark Van Doren
Born: June 13, 1894
Died: December 10, 1972 (aged 78)
Known for:
- The Poetry of John Dryden
- Shakespeare
- The last days of Lincoln
- Henry David Thoreau (1972)
- Essays of Mark Van Doren