Quotes from authors passed in 1849
It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.
Dolley Madison
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Edgar Allan Poe
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Edgar Allan Poe
Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.
James K. Polk
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Frederic Chopin
Ryan White 
Ralph Allen 
Ellen G. White 
Jerry Brown 
Cass Elliot 
Stephen Fry 
Max Ernst 
Rod Stewart