18th century

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Roused by the lash of his own…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance…”

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Horace Mann

Horace Mann quote: “Resolve to edge in a little reading…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Resolve not to be poor: whatever you…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Repentance is but want of power to…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Reason is a crutch for age, but…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Reading is to the mind what exercise…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Read over your compositions, and when you…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Reading is a basic tool in the…”

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Food & drink quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Quantity in food is more to be…”

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Edward Young

Edward Young quote: “Read nature; nature is a friend to…”

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Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu quote: “Prudent people are very happy; ’tis an…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Promises and pie-crust are made to be…”

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Edward Young

Edward Young quote: “Procrastination is the thief of time…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Promise, large promise, is the soul of…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Principally I hate and detest that animal…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Prepare for death, if here at night…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Power is not sufficient evidence of truth…”

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Samuel Johnson quote: “Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Positiveness is a good quality for preachers…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Power is no blessing in itself, except…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Politics, as the word is commonly understood…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Plenty of people wish to become devout…”

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Georg C. Lichtenberg

Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: “Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “People who act like angels ought to…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “People of little understanding are most apt…”

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