Quotes from authors born in 1783
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
Stendhal
That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true.
Simon Greenleaf
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.
Simon Greenleaf
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
Henri B. Stendhal
Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.
Simon Greenleaf
Robert Bresson 
Bonnie Tyler 
Leeza Gibbons 
Tony Campolo 
Robert T. Bakker 
Bob Ehrlich 
James Caviezel 
Antoine de Saint-Exupery