18th century

John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “But far more numerous was the herd…”

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Author quotes

Thomas Day quote: “But let her remember, that it is…”

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Thomas Day quote: “But let us not too hastily triumph…”

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Samuel Johnson quote: “Bounty always receives part of its value…”

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Samuel Johnson quote: “Books like friends, should be few and…”

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Samuel Johnson quote: “Books that you carry to the fire…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Boldness is a mask for fear, however…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Books are the legacies that a great…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for…”

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Samuel Johnson quote: “Between falsehood and useless truth there is…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Better to die ten thousand deaths than…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Better belly burst than good liquor be…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Being in a ship is being in…”

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Beauty & fashion quotes

John Dryden quote: “Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray;…”

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Georg C. Lichtenberg

Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: “Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure…”

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Edward Young

Edward Young quote: “Be wise with speed; a fool at…”

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Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior quote: “Be to their virtue very kind; be…”

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Friendship quotes

George Washington quote: “Be courteous to all, but intimate with…”

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Horace Mann

Horace Mann quote: “Be ashamed to die until you have…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives…”

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George Washington

George Washington quote: “Bad seed is a robbery of the…”

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Character quotes

George Washington quote: “Associate with men of good quality if…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “At seventy-seven it is time to be…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “As love without esteem is capricious and…”

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Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren quote: “As to the presidency, the two happiest…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “As blushing will sometimes make a whore…”

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George Washington

George Washington quote: “Arbitrary power is most easily established on…”

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Novelist quotes

Samuel Richardson quote: “As a child is indulged or checked…”

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Animal & pet quotes

Joseph Addison quote: “Animals, in their generation, are wiser than…”

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John Dryden

John Dryden quote: “Anger will never disappear so long as…”

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