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 |
September 9
Social
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
Leo Tolstoy, author
born September 9, 1828
Michael Dobson |
September 10
Social
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."
Cyril Connolly, author, editor, critic
born September 10, 1903
Michael Dobson |
September 11
Social
"Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it."
D. H. Lawrence, author
born September 11, 1885
Michael Dobson |
September 12
Social
"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong."
H. L. Mencken, journalist and critic
born September 12, 1880