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 |
June 22
Social
"One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator and author
born June 22, 1906
Michael Dobson |
June 23
Social
"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."
Alan Turing, mathematician
born June 23, 1912
Michael Dobson |
June 24
Social
"Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me."
Ambrose Bierce, author of The Devil's Dictionary
born June 24, 1842
Michael Dobson |
June 25
Social
"Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage--torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians--which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by 'our' side."
George Orwell, author
born June 25, 1903