Quotes from authors born in 1786
Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
Chief Seattle
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!
Davy Crockett
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
Chief Seattle
I would rather be beaton and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.
Davy Crockett
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Ludwig Borne
Paul Rand 
Conor Oberst 
Jim McKay 
Eric Allin Cornell 
Willard Libby 
Cheryl Ladd 
Laura Innes 
Robin Gibb