17th century

Baltasar Gracian

Baltasar Gracian quote: “Know, or listen to those who know.”

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Science quotes

Galileo Galilei quote: “All truths are easy to understand once…”

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Quotes about human nature

Baltasar Gracian quote: “A wise man gets more use from…”

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Good advice quotes

Baltasar Gracian quote: “Always leave something to wish for; otherwise…”

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Jean de la Bruyere

Jean de la Bruyere quote: “The wise person often shuns society for…”

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Edward Young

Edward Young quote: “By all means, use some time to be alone.”

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Religion quotes

Edward Young quote: “By night, an atheist half believes in a God.”

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Quotes about human nature

William Shakespeare quote: “There is nothing either good or bad…”

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Wisdom quotes

Jean de la Bruyere quote: “The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs…”

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Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine quote: “Man is so made that when anything…”

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Voltaire

Voltaire quote: “Fear follows crime and is its punishment….”

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Work quotes

Voltaire quote: “Better is the enemy of good….”

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Business quotes

Voltaire quote: “Business is the salt of life.”

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Life quotes

John Dryden quote: “Shame on the body for breaking down…”

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Quotes about human nature

Voltaire quote: “Everything’s fine today — that is our illusion.”

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Voltaire

Voltaire quote: “Common sense is not so common….”

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Voltaire

Voltaire quote: “A witty saying proves nothing….”

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Motivational & inspirational quotes

John Dryden quote: “For they conquer who believe they can…”

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Quotes about books & reading

Mary Wortley quote: “No entertainment is so cheap as reading…”

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Quotes about politics

John Dryden quote: “They that possess the prince possess the…”

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Quotes about human nature

Matthew Prior quote: “It takes two to quarrel, but only…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Beware the fury of a patient man…”

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Quotes about books & reading

John Dryden quote: “Words are but pictures of our thoughts…”

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Life quotes

Joseph Addison quote: “Our real blessings often appear to us…”

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Life quotes

Edward Young quote: “Our birth is nothing but our death…”

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Love quotes

Alexander Pope quote: “Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”

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Love quotes

John Dryden quote: “Love’s the noblest frailty of the mind.”

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Friendship quotes

Ben Jonson quote: “True happiness consists not in the multitude…”

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Quotes about human nature

John Dryden quote: “We first make our habits, and then…”

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Quotes about human nature

Matthew Prior quote: “They talk most who have the least…”

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