Quotes from authors born on Dec 17th
Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
Ludwig van Beethoven
What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.
Hu Shih
Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Regina King 
Edwidge Danticat 
Jeannette Walls 
Jessica Walter 
Jeremy Spencer 
Michael Richards 
John Gielgud 
Daniel Boone