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.
Robinson Jeffers
Born: January 10, 1887
Died: January 20, 1962 (aged 75)
Bio: John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast.
Known for:
- The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (1938)
- Not Man Apart
- Californians (1916)
- The wild god of the world
- Dear Judas, and Other Poems (1930)
Robinson Jeffers Quotes