Famous quotes containing the words von, place, date and/or birth:
“So much has already been said about Shakespeare that there doesn’t seem to be anything more to say; yet it is the quality of the spirit that it forever stimulates the spirit.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City.”
—Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)
“Heaven does not permit the birth of useless people.”
—Chinese proverb.