11/21/1694

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. Voltaire, happy birthday François-Marie.

11/20/1925

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. Robert Kennedy, hppy birthday Robert.

11/19/2018

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf. Nikita Khrushchev

11/18/1861

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones. Dorothy Dix, happy birthday Dorothy.

11/17/1942

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes. Martin Scorsese, happy birthday Martin.

11/16/1922

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die. Jose Saramago, happy birthday Jose.

11/15/2018

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. Marcus Tullius Cicero