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
Michael Dobson |
November 5
Social
"The process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) this is worthless nonsense; (ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view; (iii) this is true, but quite unimportant; (iv) I always said so."
J. B. S. Haldane, geneticist
born November 5, 1892
Michael Dobson |
November 5
Social
"It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country."
Will Durant, historian
born November 5, 1885
Michael Dobson |
November 6
Social
"Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night."
Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker
born November 6, 1926
Michael Dobson |
November 7
Social
"The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning."
Albert Camus, author and philosopher
born November 7, 1913