17th century

Quotes from writers

Robert Burton quote: “Idleness is an appendix to nobility…”

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Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu quote: “I prefer liberty to chains of…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Every dog must have his day…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Don’t set your wit against a…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Confidence contributes more to conversation than…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Conceit causes more conversation than wit…”

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Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu quote: “Civility costs nothing, and buys everything…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Books, the children of the brain…”

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Quotes from writers

Robert Burton quote: “A quiet mind cureth all…”

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Quotes from writers

Robert Burton quote: “A good conscience is a continual…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “Zeal without knowledge is fire without light…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Young men soon give, and soon forget…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “You see through love, and that deludes…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “You always admire what you really don’t…”

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Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu quote: “Writers of novels and romance in general…”

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Love quotes

Queen Elizabeth I quote: “Ye may have a greater prince, but…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Would Alexander, madman as he was, have…”

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Quotes from writers

Robert Burton quote: “Worldly wealth is the Devil’s bait; and…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Words are but wind; and learning is…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “Words differently arranged have a different meaning…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Women who have had no lovers, or…”

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Love quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Women love to be called cruel, even…”

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Love quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Women are so much in love with…”

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Love quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Women do not often fall in love…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Women are always most observed when they…”

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Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno quote: “With luck on your side, you can…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “With regard to donations always expect the…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “With devotion’s visage and pious action we…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “With foxes we must play the fox…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “Wine hath drowned more men than the…”

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