Hafsat Abiola (1974) Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist
Architects of Peace (2000)
“Gallantry to women (the sure road to their favor) is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.”
" On Disagreeable People http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/Disagreeable.htm" (August 1827) <br class="br">Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852)
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Francisco De Goya (1746–1828) Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
letter to his friend Don Martín Zapater, early Jan. 1779 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915977 and https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Francisco_de_Goya_-_Portrait_of_Mart%C3%ADn_Zapater_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg; as quoted in Francisco Goya, Hugh Stokes, Herbert Jenkins Limited Publishers, London, 1914, p. 110 <br class="br">Early in January, 1779, Goya was presented to the Spanish King and the heir apparent, and kissed hands. They appreciated his pictures (cartoons), Goya made as designs for the royal tapestry factory, to cover the huge walls of the king's palace https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Palacio_Real_de_Madrid <br class="br">1770s
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962) Former Chief Minister of West Bengal, India
Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister described him in "Bharat Ratna Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy".
Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430–-367 BC) Sicilian tyrant
As quoted by Cicero, in Tusculan disputations 5.61 as translated by Gavin Betts http://www.livius.org/sh-si/sicily/sicily_t11.html
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“It's not about being cute or not, but the confidence of how you see yourself in the reflection.”
Usama Mukwaya (1989) Ugandan screenwriter
Source: " Mukwaya wins film contest http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26544&catid=42&Itemid=74:" at The Observer. 23 July 2013 written by Abu-Baker Mulumba
Paul of Tarsus book First Epistle to Timothy
1 Timothy 2:9-10 (as quoted in New Living Translation http://biblehub.com/nlt/1_timothy/2.htm) <br class="br">First Epistle to Timothy
“Being and writing, the road asked nothing more.”
Roger Kahn (1927–2020) American baseball writer
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 2, Ceremonies of Innocence, p. 125
