Birthdays occurring on November, 13

354

Saint Augustine was born on November 13, 354 Ancient Roman Christian theologian and bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430. One of the Latin Fathers of the Church. 354-430 Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. More quotations from Saint Augustine

1850

Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850 Scottish essayist, poet and author of fiction and travel books, 1850-1894 The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean More quotations from Robert Louis Stevenson

1856

Louis D. Brandeis was born on November 13, 1856 American Supreme Court Justice, 1856-1941 Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. More quotations from Louis D. Brandeis

1886

Antonio Porchia was born on November 13, 1886 Italian poet, 1886-1968 He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step. More quotations from Antonio Porchia

Deaths occurring on November, 13

1770

George Grenville died on November 13, 1770 English politician whose policy of taxing the American colonies started the train of events leading to the American Revolution. 1712-1770 A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter More quotations from George Grenville

1861

Arthur Hugh Clough died on November 13, 1861 English writer and poet, 1819-1861 And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him More quotations from Arthur Hugh Clough

1868

Gioacchino Rossini died on November 13, 1868 Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. More quotations from Gioacchino Rossini

1907

Francis Thompson died on November 13, 1907 English poet and writer, 1859-1907 Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul. More quotations from Francis Thompson

1916

H. H. Munro died on November 13, 1916 Burman born English Novelist and short-story Writer (under pseudonym Saki), 1870-1916 I always say beauty is only sin deep. More quotations from H. H. Munro