Michael Dobson |
March 22
Social
"He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything he wants and nothing that you want. And that's his idea of a compromise."
Thomas Hughes, author
died March 22, 1896
Michael Dobson |
February 6
Social
“If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around six hundred!”
Babe Ruth, baseball player
born February 6, 1895
Michael Dobson |
February 7
Social
“There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets.”
Charles Dickens, author
born February 7, 1812
Michael Dobson |
February 8
Social
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
Martin Buber, philosopher
born February 8, 1878
Michael Dobson |
February 9
Social
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
Фёдор Достое́вский (Fyodor Dostoevsky) (portrait by Vasily Perov)
died February 9, 1881