Michael Dobson |
February 5
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“Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.”
Adlai Stevenson, statesman
born February 5, 1900
Michael Dobson |
March 6
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"Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that doesn't settle anything. There are other, less numerous armies of philosophers and scientists, and their contests determine the true triumph or defeat of nations."
Cyrano de Bergerac, dramatist and soldier
born March 6, 1619
Michael Dobson |
March 7
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"The greatness of human beings consists in this: that it is capable of the universe."
Saint Thomas Aquinas, philosopher and theologian
died March 7, 1274
Michael Dobson |
March 8
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"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., US Supreme Court justice
born March 8, 1841
Michael Dobson |
March 9
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"If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes."
Mickey Spillane, crime novelist
born March 9, 1918