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1 " William Shakespeare...was baptized on April 26, 1564. When he was born is disputed, but anyone who argues that it was after this date is just being difficult. "
― Richard Armour , The Classics Reclassified
2 " Almost nothing is known about Homer, which explains why so much has been written about him. "
3 " Melville died in New York on September 28, 1891, blissfully unaware that, in the years to come, so many people would leave the hyphen out of 'Moby-Dick. "
4 " ...you would do well to turn from Chapter XXXVI to Chapter CXXXIII without further delay, thus saving nearly a hundred chapters without anybody's knowing the difference if you keep quiet. After all, Ahab isn't the only one entitled to be a skipper. "
5 " Scott calls Bois-Guilbert 'an unprincipled voluptuary,' which is hard to improve on. "
6 " Dedicated to that amazing device, the Required Reading List, better even than artificial respiration for keeping dead authors alive. "
