17th century

Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles quote: “Fear nothing but what thy industry may…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Fashion is only the attempt to realize…”

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Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei quote: “Facts which at first seem improbable will…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Fame is like a river, that beareth…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Discretion of speech is more than eloquence…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Choose the life that is most useful…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Children sweeten labors, but they make misfortunes…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Certainly the best works, and of greatest…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “By indignities men come to dignities…”

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Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei quote: “By denying scientific principles, one may maintain…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “But men must know, that in this…”

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Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles quote: “Beware of him that is slow to…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Before we set our hearts too much…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Being a blockhead is sometimes the best…”

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Beauty & fashion quotes

Francis Bacon quote: “Beauty itself is but the sensible image…”

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Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles quote: “Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “As it is the characteristic of great…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “As one grows older, one becomes wiser…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “As the births of living creatures are…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “As great minds have the faculty of…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants…”

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Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles quote: “Anger may repast with thee for an…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Anger makes dull men witty, but it…”

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Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles quote: “And he repents in thorns that sleeps…”

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George Berkeley

George Berkeley quote: “All the choir of heaven and furniture…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “All the passions make us commit faults;…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Age appears to be best in four…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Acorns were good until bread was found…”

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “A wise man will make more opportunities…”

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