If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude. — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and cannot be substitutes. Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
