Quotes from authors passed in 1904
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Samuel Smiles
Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Anton Chekhov
I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.
Isabelle Eberhardt
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
Anton Chekhov
I know that my race must change.
Chief Joseph
Ed Harris 
Lauren Graham 
Bob Cousy 
Shannen Doherty 
Nathan Meyer Rothschild 
Carlos Alazraqui 
Bruce Campbell 
Scarlett Johansson