17th century

Mathematician

Rene Descartes quote: “The reading of all good books is…”

See more ⋙

Mathematician

Rene Descartes quote: “I think; therefore I am…”

See more ⋙

Mathematician

Rene Descartes quote: “One cannot conceive anything so strange and…”

See more ⋙

Mathematician

Rene Descartes quote: “Perfect numbers like perfect men are very…”

See more ⋙

Mathematician

Rene Descartes quote: “Everything is self-evident…”

See more ⋙

Quotes about human nature

Edward Young quote: “The man that blushes is not quite…”

See more ⋙

Life quotes

Edward Young quote: “The course of nature is…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Nothing is invented and perfected at the…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Never meet trouble half-way…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Misery loves company…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “In a thousand pounds of law there…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Good words cool more than cold water…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Even if you are on the right…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Diseases are the tax on pleasures…”

See more ⋙

Beauty & fashion quotes

John Ray quote: “Beauty is power; a smile is its…”

See more ⋙

John Ray

John Ray quote: “Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

Richard Blackmore quote: “You own a watch the invention of…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “You are a woman: you must never…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “Wit must be foiled by wit: cut…”

See more ⋙

Scientist

Thomas Browne quote: “We carry within us the wonders we…”

See more ⋙

Scientist

Thomas Browne quote: “We all labor against our own cure…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “To find a young fellow that is…”

See more ⋙

Scientist

Thomas Browne quote: “To believe only possibilities is not faith…”

See more ⋙

Royalty quotes

Stanislaus I quote: “To believe with certainty we must begin…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “‘Tis well enough for a servant to…”

See more ⋙

Scientist

Thomas Browne quote: “Though it be in the power of…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “They are at the end of the…”

See more ⋙

Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “They come together like the Coroner’s Inquest…”

See more ⋙