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Birthdays occurring on May, 28
| 1911 |
Randolph Churchill was born on May 28, 1911
No statesmen ever will find it worth his pains, to tax our labor and excise our brain. More quotations from Randolph Churchill |
| 1911 |
Thora Hird was born on May 28, 1911
That one's not going to get away. More quotations from Thora Hird |
| 1916 |
Walker Percy was born on May 28, 1916
American novelist who wrote of the New South transformed by industry and technology. 1916-1990You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. More quotations from Walker Percy |
| 1917 |
Barry Commoner was born on May 28, 1917
American biologist, teacher and activist, b.1917If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way. More quotations from Barry Commoner |
| 1919 |
May Swenson was born on May 28, 1919
American writer, 1919-1989We play in the den of the Gods and snort at death. More quotations from May Swenson |
Deaths occurring on May, 28
| 1747 |
Vauvenargues, Marquis de died on May 28, 1747
French moralist and essayist, 1715-1747If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. More quotations from Vauvenargues, Marquis de |
| 1747 |
Luc de Clapier de Vauvanargues died on May 28, 1747
French essayist, 1715-1747To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die. More quotations from Luc de Clapier de Vauvanargues |
| 1843 |
Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843
American man of letter and lexicographer, known for his American Spelling Book and his American Dictionary of the English Language. 1758-1843No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. More quotations from Noah Webster |
| 1849 |
Anne Bronte died on May 28, 1849
English poet and novelist, 1820-1849But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. More quotations from Anne Bronte |
| 1937 |
Alfred Adler died on May 28, 1937
Austrian psychiatrist whose influential system of individual psychology introduced the term inferiority feeling, later widely and often inaccurately called inferiority complex, 1870-1937What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live! More quotations from Alfred Adler |
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