Michael Dobson |
October 26
Social
"No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy."
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general
born October 26, 1800
Michael Dobson |
August 4
Social
"Fear not the future, weep not for the past."
Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
born August 4, 1792
Michael Dobson |
August 5
Social
"The bed comprehends our whole life; for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it."
Guy de Maupassant, author
born August 5, 1850
Michael Dobson |
August 6
Social
"Anti-intellectualism...has been present in some form and degree in most societies; in one it takes the form of the administering of hemlock, in another of town-and-gown riots, in another of censorship and regimentation, in still another of Congressional investigations."
Richard Hofstadter, historian
born August 6, 1916
Michael Dobson |
August 7
Social
"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in life has a purpose."
Garrison Keillor, radio host
born August 7, 1942