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includes an alphabetical listing of all known
quotation authors or sources. If an author has an alias (e.g.,
Samuel Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain), both names are included and
cross-referenced. Each listing includes the name, birth/death dates,
brief bio, and the quotations attributed to them by quote
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· Edwin
Abbey (1852-1911), U.S. painter, 1454
· John Stevens Cabot
Abbott (1805-1877), U.S. clergyman & author, 1327
· Dean
Acheson (1893-1971), U.S. secretary of state, 749
· Henry Brooks
Adams (1838-1918), U.S. historian & writer, 1085
· Joey
Adams (b. 1911), U.S. comedian Joseph Abramowitz, 52
· John Quincy
Adams (1767-1848), 6th U.S. president, 145
· Joseph
Addison (1672-1719), English essayist & poet, 242, 774, 1079
· Konrad
Adenauer (1876-1967), West German chancellor, 338
· Mortimer Jerome
Adler (b. 1902), Encyclopedia editor-in-chief, 1084
· Aeschylus (B.C. 525-456), Greek dramatist, 569
· Akhenaton (c. B.C. 1375), Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (1st Egyptian monotheist), 945
· Amos Bronson
Alcott (1799-1888), U.S. philosopher, 558
· Thomas Bailey
Aldrich (1836-1907), U.S. novelist & poet, 731
· James Lane
Allen (1849-1925), U.S. novelist & writer, 626
· Steve
Allen (b. 1921), U.S. comedian, author & musician, 687
· Woody
Allen (b. 1935), U.S. comedian, author, actor, & director, 49, 500
· Ken
Alstad, 1231
· Amenhotep...
see Akhenaton
· Henri Frederic
Amiel (1821-1881), Swiss philosopher & poet, 97, 696, 713
· Anacharsis (c. B.C. 600), Greek sage & inventor, 1166
· Antisthenes (B.C. 444-371), Greek philosopher, 317
· Petronious
Arbiter (c. 66), Greek author, 1049
· Aristotle (B.C. 384-322), Greek philosopher, 56, 255, 540, 561, 817, 956, 1266, 1360, 1492
· Gilbert
Arland, 1148
· W(ystan) H(ugh)
Auden (1907-1973), English-born U.S. poet & playwright, 711
· St.
Augustine of Hippo (354-430), Latin bishop, 906, 1221, 1499
· Marcus
Aurelius (121-180), Roman emperor & philosopher, 47, 457, 627, 743, 960, 965
· Decimus
Ausonius (310-395), Roman poet, 91
· Lord
Avebury... see Sir John Lubbock
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· Francis
Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher & essayist, 225, 320, 518, 544, 636, 747, 807, 1061-1062, 1324, 1369
· W. T.
Bacon (b. 1923), U.S. investment banker, 943
· Ben Haig
Bagdikian (b. 1920), U.S. newspaper editor & author, 754
· Phillip
Bailey (1816-1902), English writer, 377
· Russell
Baker (b. 1925), U.S. journalist, 1155
· James A.
Baldwin (1924-1987), African-American author & playwright, 884
· Stanley
Baldwin (1867-1947), English prime minister, 125, 787
· Ivern (Imogene)
Ball (b. 1926), U.S. writer, 19
· Honore de
Balzac (1789-1850), French novelist, 286, 628, 757
· Maurice
Baring (1874-1945), English novelist & poet, 998
· James M.
Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish dramatist & novelist, 241
· Bruce
Barton (1886-1967), U.S. advertising executive & author, 448
· Bernard M.
Baruch (1870-1965), U.S. businessman & diplomat, 677
· Al(len Edward)
Batt (b. 1949), U.S. writer, 221
· O. A.
Battista (1901-1973), Cuban dictator, 104, 310
· Mary Ritter
Beard (1876-1946), U.S. historian & feminist, 216
· Pierre Augustin Caron de
Beaumarchais (1732-1799), French dramatist, 679
· Francis
Beaumont (1584-1616), English author & playwright, 214, 881
· Carl Lotus
Becker (1873-1945), U.S. historian, 1227
· Henry Ward
Beecher (1813-1878), U.S. clergyman & writer, 147, 607, 702
· Lawrence Dale
Bell (1894-1956), U.S. aircraft manufacturer, 1163
· Robert
Benchley (1889-1945), U.S. humorist & writer, 472
· Ezra Taft
Benson (1899-1994), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Eisenhower) & Mormon leader, 989
· Henri Louis
Bergson (1859-1941), French philosopher, 215
· Hector
Berlioz (1803-1869), French composer, 1465
· Georges
Bernanos (1888-1948), French author, 624
· Yogi
Berra (b. 1925), U.S. baseball player & coach, 1126, 1481
· Hyman Maxwell
Berston, 1092
· Bhagavad Gita (c. B.C. 400), Sacred literary work of Hinduism, 101, 996
· Bhavabhuti (c. 700), Indian dramatist, 523
· Ambrose
Bierce (1842-1914), U.S. journalist, 59, 152, 331, 517, 748, 1008, 1050, 1305
· Josh
Billings (1818-1885), U.S. humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw, 139, 234, 284, 352, 488, 786, 877, 910, 1438
· Lord
Birkett (1883-1962), English poet & writer, 1411
· William
Blackstone (1723-1780), English jurist, 1298
· William
Blake (1757-1827), English poet & engraver, 744
· H. P.
Blavatsky (1831-1891), Theosophist, 92, 524
· Jacob
Bobart, 980
· (Anicius Manlius Severinus)
Boethius (480-524), Roman philosopher, 611
· Nicholas
Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711), French poet & critic, 813
· Derek Curtis
Bok (b. 1930), U.S. educator & former president of Harvard, 533
· Napoleon
Bonaparte (1769-1821), French general & statesman, 362, 1078, 1132, 1172, 1259
· Pierre
Bonnard (1867-1947), French painter, 1399
· Daniel Joseph
Boorstin (b. 1914), U.S. librarian of Congress, 532
· Max
Born (1882-1970), German physicist, 459
· Christian N(estell)
Bovee (1820-1904), U.S. lawyer, author & public speaker, 334, 804, 1065, 1072, 1364, 1485
· Jacob M(orton)
Braude (1896-1970), U.S. jurist, author & public speaker, 1074
· Alfred
Brendel (b. 1931), Austrian pianist, 1391
· Stewart Henderson
Britt (1907-1979), U.S. psychologist & author, 1186
· Kenneth
Bromfield (b. 1922), U.S. economist & writer, 1190
· Jacob
Bronowski (1908-1974), English author, anthropologist & mathematician, 709
· Dr. Joyce
Brothers (b. 1925), U.S. psychologist, 946
· Gene
Brown (b. 1936), U.S. businessman, 514
· George
Brown, 1133
· Hobart
Brown, 32
· William D.
Brown, 399
· Merry
Browne, 753
· Robert
Browning (1812-1889), English poet, 1452
· Paul W. “Bear”
Bryant (1913-1982), U.S. football coach, 75
· Richard H.
Bube (b. 1927), U.S. author, 1106
· Patrick Joseph
Buchanan (b. 1938), U.S. columnist & presidential candidate, 44
· Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (B.C. 563-483), Indian philosopher & founder of Buddhism, 201, 239, 951, 1038
· Harry Amos
Bullis (1890-1963), U.S. manufacturer, 692
· Edward George Earle
Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), English novelist & politician, 126, 367, 712
· Edmund
Burke (1729-1797), Member of English Parliament, 54, 170, 637, 1290
· Aaron
Burr (1756-1836), 3rd U.S. vice president, 223
· Robert
Burton (1576-1640), English clergyman & writer, 918
· R. A.
Butler (1902-1982), U.S. businessman & public speaker, 1410
· Samuel
Butler (1612-1680), English poet & satirist, 634, 871
· Charles
Buxton (1823-1871), English author, 121
· Lord (George Gordon)
Byron (1788-1824), English poet, 675, 1473
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· Julius
Caesar (B.C. 102-44), Roman emperor, 1326
· Lord Peter Ritchie
Calder (1906-1982), Scottish journalist, 673
· Pedro
Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), Spanish dramatist & playwright, 1117
· Simon
Cameron (1799-1889), U.S. senator, 1244
· David
Campbell (b. 1944), U.S. political leader, 159
· Albert
Camus (1913-1960), French philosopher & novelist, 939, 1269
· Eddie
Cantor (1892-1964), U.S. theatrical performer, 928
· Alfred
Capus (1858-1922), French author, 1058
· Emma (Nunemacher)
Carleton (1850-1925), U.S. journalist & writer, 908
· Thomas
Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish-born English writer & historian, 6, 98, 111, 247, 433, 629, 651, 831, 912, 985
· Dale
Carnegie (1888-1955), U.S. consultant & author, 278
· Lazare Nicolas Marguerite
Carnot (1801-1888), French political leader, 1271
· Alexis
Carrel (1873-1944), French surgeon & biologist, 419, 1007
· George Washington
Carver (1860-1943), African-American botanist & educator, 392
· (Marcus Porcius)
Cato the Elder (B.C. 234-149), Roman statesman, 582
· Louis-Ferdinand
Celine (1894-1961), French novelist & author, 40
· (Miguel de)
Cervantes (Saavedra) (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, dramatist & poet, 35, 661, 775, 907
· (Sebastien Roch Nicolas)
Chamfort (1741-1794), French writer & critic, 233
· George
Chapman (1557-1634), English poet, playwright & scholar, 901, 1434
· Pierre
Charron (1541-1603), French theologian & philosopher, 801
· Emile Auguste
Chartier (1392-1430), French poet & author, 860
· Alexander
Chase (b. 1925), U.S. journalist & editor, 409
· Ilka
Chase (1905-1978), U.S. actress, 1096
· Geoffrey
Chaucer (1340-1400), English poet, 1397
· Lord (Philip Dormer Stanhope)
Chesterfield (1694-1773), English statesman, 173, 250, 443, 832, 1185
· G(ilbert) K(eith)
Chesterton (1874-1936), English journalist & essayist, 565, 641, 721, 756, 827, 1036
· Chuang-tzu (c. B.C. 350), Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, 235
· Charles
Churchill (1731-1764), English poet & satirist, 706
· Sir Winston
Churchill (1874-1965), English prime minister, 141, 180, 333, 391, 595, 738, 1103, 1262, 1291, 1312
· (Marcus Tulius)
Cicero (B.C. 106-43), Roman statesman & orator, 363, 374, 469, 489, 529, 654, 666, 792, 816, 1216, 1276, 1280, 1293, 1322
· Thomas L.
Clancy, Jr. (b. 1947), U.S. author & former insurance agent, 328, 337
· Frank A.
Clark (b. 1911), U.S. writer, 1379
· Henry
Clay (1777-1852), U.S. senator & secretary of state, 672
· Sarah Norcliffe
Cleghorn (1876-1959), U.S. poet & author, 1328
· Samuel Langhorne
Clemens... see Mark Twain
· Harold
Coffin (b. 1926), U.S. economist & writer, 231, 1191
· Herb
Cohen (b. 1935), 1178
· Samuel Taylor
Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet & essayist, 588, 790, 994, 1016
· John Churton
Collins (1848-1908), English critic & educator, 586
· Charles Caleb
Colton (1780-1832), English clergyman & writer, 12, 27, 228, 298, 445, 447, 596, 693, 739, 765, 904, 938, 991, 1113, 1192, 1310, 1333, 1363, 1371, 1395
· David H.
Comins, 1385
· James Bryant
Conant (1893-1978), U.S. educator & scientist, 332
· Confucius (B.C. 551-479), Chinese philosopher K’ung Fu-tza, 131, 210, 246, 567, 573, 778, 828, 855, 940, 948, 973, 1039, 1493
· William
Congreve (1670-1729), English poet & playwright, 1372
· Calvin
Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th U.S. president, 1398
· Bill
Copeland (b. 1926), U.S. businessman, 437, 868
· Pierre
Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright, 81
· Norman
Cousins (1912-1990), U.S. author & editor, 118, 274, 574
· Stephen R.
Covey (b. 1932), U.S. management consultant & philosopher, 243, 936, 1147, 1156
· William
Cowper (1731-1800), English poet, 467, 496, 577, 580, 1376
· George
Crabbe (1754-1832), English poet, 497
· Monta
Crane, 473
· Stephen
Crane (1871-1900), U.S. novelist, 889
· Marian Evans
Cross... see George Eliot
· George Armstrong
Custer (1839-1876), U.S. cavalry officer, 915
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· Leonardo
Da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist & inventor, 263, 499, 600, 1471
· Dante (Alighieri) (1265-1321), Italian poet, 570
· Clarence
Darrow (1857-1938), U.S. attorney, 208, 1304
· James J(ohn)
Davis (1873-1947), U.S. Secretary of Labor (Hoover), 1204
· Charles
De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general & president, 1241
· Daniel
Defoe (1660-1731), English novelist & journalist, 1135
· Anne
DeLenclos... see Ninon de L’Enclos
· Demosthenes (B.C. 384-322), Greek orator, 1267, 1336
· Sir John
Denham (1616-1669), English poet, 924
· Rene
Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher & mathematician, 587, 1068
· Roger
Devlin, 462
· Thomas R.
Dewar (1864-1930), English distiller & writer, 678
· Thomas E.
Dewey (1902-1971), New York governor & U.S. presidential candidate, 1041
· Charles
Dickens (1812-1870), English novelist, 309, 1422
· Paul
Dickson (b. 1939), U.S. writer, 313, 357
· Denis
Diderot (1713-1784), French philosopher & scholar, 1289
· Diogenes (Laertius) (c. B.C. 400-325), Greek philosopher, 1215
· Benjamin
Disraeli (1804-1881), English prime minister & novelist, 122, 188, 350, 468, 503, 594, 686, 1296
· Isaac
D’Israeli (1766-1848), English compiler, 710
· James Harold
Doolittle (1896-1993), U.S.A.F. general, 161
· Arthur B.
Dougall, 736
· Hugh
Downs (b. 1921), U.S. television personality, 404
· Peter F.
Drucker (b. 1909), Austrian-born U.S. management educator & author, 169, 191, 434, 456, 1009, 1043, 1146, 1382
· John
Dryden (1631-1700), English poet & critic, 976, 979, 1063, 1287, 1496
· Alexandre
Dumas, fils (1824-1895), French playwright, 199
· Alexandre
Dumas, pere (1802-1870), French novelist & dramatist, 858
· Will
Durant (1885-1981), U.S. historian & philosopher, 543, 1294
· Lawrence George
Durrell (1912-1990), English-Irish author & playwright, 282
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· Gregg
Easterbrook, 1090
· George
Eastman (1854-1932), U.S. industrialist & founder of Kodak, 1487
· Thomas Alva
Edison (1847-1931), U.S. inventor, 96, 269, 396, 631, 663, 701, 1143
· Tryon
Edwards (1809-1894), U.S. clergyman & author, 361, 554, 793, 1017
· Albert
Einstein (1879-1955), German-born U.S. physicist, 58, 314, 619, 642, 658, 690, 729, 732, 1107, 1299
· Dwight David
Eisenhower (1890-1969), U.S. general & 34th president, 232, 621, 1329
· George
Eliot (1819-1880), English novelist Marian Evans Cross, 492, 1080
· T. S.
Eliot (1888-1965), U.S.-born English poet & critic, 612
· Walter
Elliott (b. 1926), 133
· Ralph Waldo
Emerson (1803-1882), U.S. philosopher & writer, 28, 123, 193, 326, 452, 478, 481, 519, 548, 590, 617, 645, 664, 733, 797, 870, 935, 1002, 1128, 1196, 1351, 1402, 1428-1429
· John
Endsley, 1219
· Epictetus (50-138), Greek philosopher, 343, 422, 541, 566, 963, 1469
· Epicurus (B.C. 341-270), Greek philosopher, 11, 294, 1365
· (Desiderius)
Erasmus (1466-1536), Dutch philosopher & scholar, 1323
· (Joannes Scotus)
Erigena (810-891), Irish philosopher, 1449
· Julius
Erving (b. 1950), U.S. basketball player, 261, 441
· Marian
Evans... see George Eliot
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· Frederick William
Faber (1814-1863), U.S. clergyman, 1023
· Frederic William
Farrar (1831-1903), English clergyman & writer, 387
· William
Feather (b. 1915), U.S. businessman, 113, 395
· Leopold
Fechtner, 1193
· Marilyn
Ferguson (b. 1932), U.S. writer, 86
· Marshall
Field (1834-1906), U.S. merchant, 319
· Henry
Fielding (1707-1754), English author, 676
· W. C.
Fields (1880-1946), Vaudeville & movie comedian William Claude
Dunkenfield, 153
· F. Scott
Fitzgerald (1896-1940), U.S. writer & novelist, 1054
· Gustave
Flaubert (1821-1880), French novelist, 78
· John Peter
Flynn (b. 1922), U.S. government official, 700
· Ferdinand
Foch (1851-1929), French general & field marshall, 411
· Jean de la
Fontaine (1621-1695), French writer, 129
· Malcolm S.
Forbes (1919-1990), U.S. publisher & businessman, 412, 535
· Henry
Ford (1863-1947), U.S. auto manufacturer, 102, 197, 389, 952, 1228
· Gene
Fowler (1890-1960), U.S. journalist & author, 891
· Anatole
France (1844-1924), French novelist Jacques A.F. Thibault, 127, 552, 861, 955, 1012
· Benjamin
Franklin (1706-1790), U.S. statesman, printer & scientist, 18, 24, 45, 53, 82, 89, 108, 137, 172, 264, 344, 383, 415, 428, 522, 691, 821, 824, 836, 846, 922, 1154, 1159, 1277, 1309, 1354, 1421, 1425, 1490
· Rose N.
Franzblau (1905-1979), U.S. writer, 777
· Sigmund
Freud (1856-1939), Austrian psychiatrist, 623
· Max
Frisch (1911-1991), Swiss architect & author, 1457
· Robert
Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet, 240, 267, 723, 1214, 1306
· James Anthony
Froude (1818-1894), English historian, 1301
· Thomas
Fuller, D.D. (1608-1661), English clergyman & writer, 507, 525, 834, 883, 1030, 1119, 1127
· Thomas
Fuller, M.D. (1654-1734), English physician & writer, 174, 315, 323, 1110
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· Solomon ben Yehuda Ibn
Gabirol (1021-1070), Jewish-Spanish philosopher, 572
· Honore
Gabriel... see Honore Gabriel, Comte de Mirabeau
· John Kenneth
Galbraith (b. 1908), Canadian-born U.S. economist & author, 1052
· Galileo
Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer & scientist, 555
· Indira
Gandhi (1917-1984), Indian political leader, 105
· Mohandas K(aramchand)
Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian nationalist & spiritual leader, 359, 961, 1321
· Herbert
Gardner, 1414
· John William
Gardner (b. 1912), U.S. foundation executive & HEW secretary (Johnson), 719
· Art
Garfunkel (b. 1941), U.S. singer & actor, 808
· David
Garrick (1716-1779), English playwright, 826
· John
Gay (1688-1732), English playwright & poet, 919
· David Lloyd
George (1863-1945), English prime minister, 183, 1278
· Edward
Gibbon (1737-1794), English historian, 13, 668
· Kahlil
Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese mystic, poet & novelist, 132, 615
· Andre
Gide (1869-1951), French writer, 189
· Jean
Giraudoux (1882-1944), French writer & diplomat, 1057
· William Ewart
Gladstone (1809-1898), English prime minister, 1286
· Arnold H.
Glasgow, U.S. psychologist, 508, 1177
· Robert Hutchings
Goddard (1882-1945), U.S. rocketry scientist & physicist, 1255
· Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright & novelist, 204, 245, 266, 335, 355, 364, 418, 421, 430, 495, 640, 740, 795, 1208, 1440, 1453
· Vic
Gold (b. 1924), U.S. writer, 285
· Lazar
Goldberg, 308
· Peter Carl
Goldmark (1906-1977), U.S. electrical engineer, 652, 724
· Oliver
Goldsmith (1728-1774), Irish-born English writer, 1218
· Barry Morris
Goldwater (b. 1909), U.S senator & presidential candidate, 160
· W. L.
Gore & Associates, U.S. advertising agency, 1108
· A. P.
Gouthey, 1466
· Ulysses S.
Grant (1822-1885), U.S. general & 18th president, 1131
· Bernard
Grasset (b. 1933), U.S. writer, 758
· Gian Vincezo
Gravina (1664-1718), Italian writer, 1416
· Thomas
Gray (1716-1771), English poet, 504
· Gregory I (540-604), Catholic pope, 21
· Sir Fulke
Greville (1554-1628), English poet & statesman, 304
· Grissom’s Law, 307
· Francesco
Guicciardini (1483-1540), Italian historian & statesman, 1341, 1346
· George Ivanovitch
Gurdjieff (1872-1949), Russian mystic, 1340
· Deil O.
Gustafson, 1182
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· H(arry) R(obert)
Haldeman (b. 1926), Assistant to U.S. president Richard Nixon, 845
· Thomas Chandler
Haliburton (1796-1865), Canadian poet & writer, 346, 545, 820
· Lord
Halifax (1633-1695), English humorist George Savile (Marquis of Halifax), 30, 789, 833, 874, 1302
· Robert B.
Hall (1764-1831), English author, 697
· Andrew
Hamilton (1676-1741), Scottish-born U.S. author, 1115
· Dag
Hammarskjold (1905-1961), Swedish U.N. secretary-general, 1370
· E(dgar) Y(ipsel)
Harburg (1896-1981), U.S. songwriter (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), 978
· Augustus
Hare (1834-1903), U.S. writer, 2, 393, 638, 1032
· Frank
Harris (1856-1931), Irish-born U.S. author & journalist, 296
· Henry F.
Harrower, 461
· John
Harvard (1607-1638), English philanthropist & benefactor of Harvard college, 601
· Nathaniel
Hawthorne (1804-1864), U.S. novelist & short story writer, 237
· William
Hazlitt (1778-1830), English essayist & critic, 379, 436, 475, 848
· Frederick Henry
Hedge (1805-1890), U.S. clergyman & educator, 1152
· Heinrich
Heine (1797-1856), German poet & satirist, 759
· Robert Anson
Heinlein (1907-1988), U.S. science fiction writer, 571
· Sir Arthur
Helps (1813-1875), English writer, 454
· Ernest
Hemingway (1898-1961), U.S. author, 463, 1337
· L(inville) L(aurentine)
Hendren (1880-1958), U.S. writer, 549
· Harry
Henry (b. 1917), U.S. economist & writer, 1095
· Matthew
Henry, 1005
· Heraclitus (B.C. 535-475), Greek philosopher, 1447
· Anne
Herbert (b. 1934), U.S. writer, 184
· Frank Patrick
Herbert (1920-1986), U.S. science fiction writer, 324
· Herodotus (B.C. 484-425), Greek historian, 370
· Don
Herold (1889-1966), U.S. humorist & writer, 511, 844
· Emile
Herzog... see Andre Maurois
· Rev. Theodore Martin
Hesburgh (b. 1917), U.S. Catholic theologian & Notre Dame president, 1381
· Abraham Joshua
Heschel (1907-1972), Polish Jewish leader, 770
· Anne
Heywood (b. 1937), U.S. author, 722
· John
Heywood (1497-1580), English dramatist, 767
· The
Hitopadesa (c. 600-1100), 458
· Archibald Alexander
Hodge (1823-1886), U.S. writer, 1070
· Ralph
Hodgson (1871-1962), English writer, 999
· Eric
Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher & author, 356, 509, 741
· John Haynes
Holmes (1879-1964), U.S. clergyman, 995
· Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), U.S. physician, poet & writer, 124, 410, 479, 513, 538, 614, 735, 867, 1393
· Homer (c. B.C. 700), Greek poet, 1142
· (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
Horace (B.C. 65-8), Roman poet & satirist, 482, 704, 839
· Baron Leslie
Hore-Belisha (1893-1957), English author & political leader, 1409
· E(dgar) W(atson)
Howe (1853-1937), U.S. journalist, 288, 450, 1366, 1467
· Bette
Howland (b. 1937), U.S. writer, 306
· Sir Fredrick
Hoyle (b. 1915), English astronomer & author, 618
· Elbert
Hubbard (1856-1915), U.S. writer & editor, 72, 311, 401, 653, 662, 694, 708, 932, 1200, 1222
· Kin (Frank McKinney)
Hubbard (1868-1930), U.S. humorist, 222, 1437
· Victor (Marie)
Hugo (1802-1885), French novelist & playwright, 94, 420, 633, 1436
· E. D.
Hulse, 823
· David
Hume (1711-1776), Scottish philosopher & historian, 373
· Thomas
Hunter (1831-1915), Irish educator, 270
· Robert Maynard
Hutchins (1899-1977), U.S. educator, 546, 1265
· Aldous
Huxley (1894-1963), English novelist & satirist, 613, 1081, 1086, 1153, 1456, 1458
· Thomas Henry
Huxley (1825-1895), English biologist, 536, 681, 988
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· I Ching (c. B.C. 1150), Chinese Book of Changes, 29, 151, 592, 1109, 1350
· Lee
Iacocca (b. 1924), U.S. corporate executive, 1169
· Dean William Ralph
Inge (1860-1954), English prelate & author, 589
· Robert Green
Ingersoll (1833-1899), U.S. lawyer, 244
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· Andrew
Jackson (1767-1845), U.S. general & 7th president, 186
· C. D.
Jackson (1902-1964), U.S. politician, 726
· Holbrook
Jackson (1874-1948), English writer, 705
· William
James (1842-1910), U.S. philosopher & psychologist, 254, 402, 491, 602, 1209
· Anna B.
Jameson (1794-1860), English author, 329
· Thomas
Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd U.S. president & architect, 251, 283, 783, 944, 947, 1077, 1116, 1165, 1320
· George
Jessel (1898-1981), U.S. comedian, 1412-1413
· Jesus (c. B.C. 6-30 A.D.), Christian messiah, 144
· Gerald White
Johnson (1890-1980), U.S. journalist & author, 1161
· Samuel
Johnson (1709-1784), English scholar, 17, 48, 110, 138, 167, 259, 526, 528, 598, 682, 773, 878, 1011, 1066, 1094, 1210, 1308, 1361, 1497
· David G.
Jones, 484
· Franklin P.
Jones (b. 1906), U.S. humorist & author, 1461
· Jenkin Lloyd
Jones (b. 1911), U.S. journalist, 1406
· Ben
Jonson (1572-1637), English dramatist & poet, 1468
· David Starr
Jordan (1851-1931), U.S. educator & writer, 57
· Joseph
Joubert (1754-1824), French writer, 212, 219, 650, 728, 730, 987, 1246
· Carl Gustav
Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychologist, 403, 1380
· Junius (1740-1818), Pseudonym for unknown English political writer, 937, 1349
· Juvenal (40-125), Roman satirist & poet Decimus Junius Juvenalis, 568, 1313
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· Franz
Kafka (1883-1924), Czechoslovakian-German novelist & short story writer, 1157
· Henry J.
Kaiser (1882-1967), U.S. industrialist, 302, 914
· Herbert
Kaufman (b. 1922), U.S. educator, 534
· Danny
Kaye (1913-1987), U.S. entertainer David Daniel Kominsky, 1441
· John
Keats (1795-1821), English poet, 796
· Helen
Keller (1880-1968), U.S. social reformer for the handicapped, 140
· John Fitzgerald
Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th U.S. president, 339, 381, 788
· Joseph P.
Kennedy (1889-1969), U.S. financier & diplomat, 896
· Charles F.
Kettering (1876-1958), U.S. engineer & inventor, 203, 460, 531, 559, 1055
· Pir Vilayat Inayat
Khan (b. 1916), Indian political leader, 93
· Nikita
Khrushchev (1894-1971), Soviet premier, 957, 1233
· Soren
Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Danish philosopher & founder of Existentialism, 1430
· Jean-Claude
Killy (b. 1943), French skier & Olympic gold
medalist, 80
· Martin Luther
King, Jr. (1929-1968), African-American clergyman & civil rights leader, 1288
· Rudyard
Kipling (1865-1936), English author, 112, 1345
· (Joseph) Lane
Kirkland (b. 1922), U.S. labor union official & author, 76
· Kurk
Kirkpatrick, U.S. humorist & public speaker, 26
· Henry
Kissinger (b. 1923), U.S diplomat & professor, 9
· David Daniel
Kominsky... see Danny Kaye
· Joseph Wood
Krutch (1893-1970), U.S. critic, 671
· Irv(ing)
Kupcinet (b. 1912), U.S. journalist & TV personality, 400
· K’ung
Fu-tza . . . see Confucius
· Cardinal Harold Samuel
Kushner (b. 1935), U.S. Catholic leader & author, 1427
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· Jean de
La Bruyere (1645-1696), French moralist & writer, 416, 750, 925, 1357, 1400, 1419
· Francois de
La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer & moralist, 117, 316, 388, 583, 760, 762, 869, 911, 921, 967, 971, 1025, 1418, 1477
· Diogenes (Laertius)...
see Diogenes (Laertius)
· Cecil
Laird, 986
· Andrew
Lang (1844-1912), English scholar & writer, 1089
· Lao-Tzu (B.C. 604-531), Chinese philosopher & founder of Taoism Li Erh, 825, 1141
· Doug
Larsen (b. 1961), U.S. cartoonist, 424, 1151, 1173
· Andrew Bonar
Law (1858-1923), English political leader & prime minister, 120, 1330
· Jerome
Lawrence (Schwartz) (b. 1915), U.S. dramatist & author, 1491
· (Nelle) Harper
Lee (b. 1926), U.S. novelist, 962
· Stanislaw
Lee, 1160
· Robert
Leighton (1611-1684), English religious leader, 1000
· Abe
Lemons (b. 1922), U.S. basketball coach, 1479
· Ninon de
L’Enclos (1620-1705), French courtesan Anne DeLenclos, 1034
· Nikolai
Lenin (1870-1924), Russian Communist leader V(ladimir) I(lich) Ulyanov, 1282
· Max
Lerner (b. 1902), Russian-born U.S. journalist & author, 37
· Elmer
Letterman, 657
· Bernard
Levin (b. 1928), English journalist & critic, 897
· Sam (Leonard Louis)
Levinson (1911-1980), U.S. humorist, 603, 1102
· William Laird
Levitt (b. 1907), U.S. urban planner & builder of Levittown(s), 734
· C. S.
Lewis (1898-1963), English author & scholar, 646
· Sinclair
Lewis (1885-1951), U.S. novelist, 1187
· Georg Christoph
Lichtenberg (1742-1799), German physicist, 248, 703
· Trygve
Lie (1896-1968), Norwegian U.N. secretary-general, 1317
· Gerald F.
Lieberman (b. 1923), U.S. author, 51
· Abraham
Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th U.S. president, 876, 927, 931, 972, 1122, 1248, 1272, 1292, 1297, 1359, 1388
· Anne Spencer Morrow
Lindbergh (1907-2001), U.S. author & poet, 398
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