17th century

Charles de Montesquieu

Charles de Montesquieu quote: “Friendship is an arrangement by which we…”

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Eustace Budgell

Eustace Budgell quote: “Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Fortune converts everything to the advantage of…”

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza quote: “Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress…”

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Miguel De Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes quote: “Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “For truth has such a face and…”

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Beauty & fashion quotes

Matthew Prior quote: “For, when with beauty we can virtue…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “For the human mind is seldom at…”

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza quote: “For peace is not mere absence of…”

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Government quotes

Jonathan Swift quote: “For in reason, all government without the…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s…”

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Miguel De Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes quote: “For a man to attain to an…”

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John Wilmot

John Wilmot quote: “For all men would be cowards if…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Flattery is a kind of bad money…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “First get an absolute conquest over thyself…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Few people have the wisdom to prefer…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Few things are impracticable in themselves; and…”

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Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I quote: “Fear not, we are of the nature…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “Few friendships would survive if each one…”

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza quote: “Fear cannot be without hope nor hope…”

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Miguel De Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes quote: “Fear has many eyes and can see…”

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza quote: “Fame has also this great drawback, that…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “Fame is the echo of actions, resounding…”

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Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior quote: “Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “Faith is different from proof; the latter…”

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Charles de Montesquieu

Charles de Montesquieu quote: “False happiness renders men stern and proud…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “Faith embraces many truths which seem to…”

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal quote: “Faith indeed tells what the senses do…”

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Miguel De Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes quote: “Fair and softly goes far…”

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