Fray Luis de León, the great humanist scholar of the Spanish Golden Age, one of the sages of Salamanca University, was condemned by the Inquisition for translating the Song of Solomon and spent four years in prison before being allowed to return to his lectern, where he began his first lecture with the phrase, "Decíamos ayer": "As we were saying yesterday..."
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Quote for the day
Songs are thoughts sung out with breath when people are moved by great forces and ordinary speech is no longer enough.