Quotes from authors born in 1763
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul
It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.
William Cobbett
You never know what you can do till you try.
William Cobbett
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Jean Paul
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
William Cobbett
Robert Barany 
Elmer Rice 
Thomas Harris 
Michael Moore 
Bob Fosse 
Clayton Moore 
George Sand 
Edward Zwick