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 24
Social
"All laws which can be broken without any injury to another, are counted but a laughing-stock, and are so far from bridling the desires and lusts of men, that on the contrary they stimulate them."
Baruch Spinoza, philosopher
born November 24, 1632
Michael Dobson |
November 25
Social
"I don't remember, but it is not true. It is not true, and if it was, I don't remember."
Augusto Pinochet, dictator
born November 25, 1915
Michael Dobson |
November 26
Social
"Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, 'Why me?' And the voice says, 'Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.'"
Charles M. Schulz, creator of PEANUTS
born November 26, 1922
Michael Dobson |
November 27
Social
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."
Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor
born November 27, 1940