17th century

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “The great end of life is not…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “The gospel to me is simply irresistible…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “The genius, wit, and the spirit of…”

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Edward Young

Edward Young quote: “The future… seems to me no unified…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “The generality of virtuous women are like…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “The fool wanders, a wise man travels…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “The force we use on ourselves, to…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “The fortune which nobody sees makes a…”

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Love quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “The first reading of a Will, where…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “The first lover is kept a long…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “The fear of death often proves mortal…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “The finite is annihilated in the presence…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “The eternal silence of these infinite spaces…”

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Love quotes

Miguel de Cervantes quote: “The eyes those silent tongues of love…”

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Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior quote: “The ends must justify the means…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “The English, the plain English, of the…”

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Nicolas Boileau

Nicolas Boileau quote: “The dreadful burden of having nothing to…”

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Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I quote: “The end crowneth the work…”

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza quote: “The endeavor to understand is the first…”

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Clergy quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “The devil lies brooding in the miser’s…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “The difference in the education of men…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “The desire of talking of ourselves, and…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “The desire to seem clever often keeps…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “The defects of the mind, like those…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “The desire of excessive power caused the…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “The consciousness of the falsity of present…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “The correlative to loving our neighbors as…”

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Edward Young

Edward Young quote: “The clouds may drop down titles and…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “The companion of an evening, and the…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “The charm of fame is so great…”

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