Birthdays occurring on September, 3

1474

Ariosto was born on September 3, 1474 Italian poet, 1474-1533 When the devil grows old he turns hermit More quotations from Ariosto

1830

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach was born on September 3, 1830 Austrian novelist, 1830-1916 We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. More quotations from Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

1849

Sarah Orne Jewett was born on September 3, 1849 It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out. More quotations from Sarah Orne Jewett

1856

Louis Henri Sullivan was born on September 3, 1856 Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror. More quotations from Louis Henri Sullivan

Deaths occurring on September, 3

1634

Edward Coke died on September 3, 1634 English jurist ; He defended common law and wrote The Petition of Right (1628). 1552-1634 Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls More quotations from Edward Coke

1658

Oliver Cromwell died on September 3, 1658 You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go! More quotations from Oliver Cromwell

1883

Ivan Turgenev died on September 3, 1883 Russian author 1818-1883 ... if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. More quotations from Ivan Turgenev

1962

E. E. Cummings died on September 3, 1962 American poet 1894-1962 We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. More quotations from E. E. Cummings