Born/Died Today with Those Pithy Quotes- Born Today.com

"If I had been present at creation, I would have given some useful hints."
Alfonso X the Wise
(11/23/1221 – 04/04/1284)
Spanish royalty 

"He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously."
Oliver Goldsmith
(11/10/1728 – 04/04/1774)
Irish writer 

"A politician thinks of the next election—a statesman, of the next generation."
James Freeman Clarke
(04/04/1810 – 06/08/1888)
US theologian 

"Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better."
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
(04/04/1828 – 06/25/1897)
Scottish writer 

"A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged."
William Henry Harrison
(02/09/1773 – 04/04/1841)
US President (9) (see all US Presidents) 

"Your damned nonsense can I stand twice or once, but sometimes always, by God, never."
Hans Richter
(04/04/1843 – 12/05/1916)
Hungarian conductor 

"Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity."
Remy de Gourmont
(04/04/1858 – 09/27/1915)
French writer 

"It is disappointing to report that George Bernard Shaw appearing as George Bernard Shaw is sadly miscast in the part. Satirists should be heard and not seen."
Robert E. Sherwood
(04/04/1896 – 11/14/1955)
US playwright 

"Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, men are men. Whether heterosexual or homosexual. The only difference is that some of them remind you of it as soon as you meet them, and others wait for a little while."
Marguerite Duras
(04/04/1914 – 03/03/1996)
French writer