- John Jacob Astor
(07/17/1763 – 03/29/1848)
US zillionaire
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| Died 03/28 | Died 03/29 | Died 03/30 | Death Dates |
"The man who makes it the habit of his life to go to bed at nine o'clock, usually gets rich and is always reliable. Of course, going to bed does not make him rich—I merely mean that such a man will in all probability be up early in the morning and do a big day's work, so his weary bones put him to bed early. Rogues do their work at night. Honest men work by day. It's all a matter of habit, and good habits in America make any man rich. Wealth is a result of habit."
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"Under a blazing mid-afternoon summer sky, we see the Seine flooded with sunshine . . . people are strolling, others are sitting or stretched out lazily on the bluish grass."
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"Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."
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"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."
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"Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it."
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| "I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived." |  |
"I'd like the Russian women to wear Maidenform bras. They'll look better, they'll feel better, and maybe we'll get along better."
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"Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers—and never succeeding."
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| "A lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally." |
"My dearest colleagues seem to become metamorphosed into snarling beasts if I as much as glance at them, even if my glance is a complimentary one."
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"She gave you the impression that, if your imagination had to sin, it could at least congratulate itself on its impeccable taste."
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| Born 03/28 | Born 03/29 | Born 03/30 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 03/28 | Died 03/29 | Died 03/30 | Death Dates |