Quotes from authors born in 1731
The best things carried to excess are wrong.
Charles Churchill
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
William Cowper
Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.
Charles Churchill
Genius is independent of situation.
Charles Churchill
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
William Cowper
David Ruffin 
Ovid 
Jack Black 
Roscoe Pound 
Anouk Aimee 
Victor Argo 
Matt Cameron 
Danny Boyle