18th century

Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Science must have originated in the feeling…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Secrecy is the element of all goodness;…”

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Poet quotes

William Congreve quote: “Say what you will, ’tis better to…”

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Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding quote: “Scarcely one person in a thousand is…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Sarcasm I now see to be, in…”

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Poet quotes

William Cowper quote: “Satan trembles when he sees the weakest…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote: “Reviewers are usually people who would have…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive…”

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Frederick II

Frederick II quote: “Religion is the idol of the mob;…”

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Poet quotes

William Cowper quote: “Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no…”

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Poet quotes

William Cowper quote: “Reasoning at every step he treads, Man…”

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Poet quotes

William Blake quote: “Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid…”

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Poet quotes

William Collins quote: “Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential…”

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Poet quotes

William Blake quote: “Prisons are built with stones of Law…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote: “Poetry: the best words in the best…”

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Poet quotes

William Blake quote: “Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote: “Poetry has been to me its own…”

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Barry Cornwall

Barry Cornwall quote: “Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote: “Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote: “People of humor are always in some…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “Our sympathy is cold to the relation…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “Our work is the presentation of our…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Our main business is not to see…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote: “Our own heart, and not other men’s…”

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Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth quote: “Our Irish blunders are never blunders of…”

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George Crabbe

George Crabbe quote: “Our farmers round, well-pleased with constant gain…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “Originality is a thing we constantly clamor…”

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Poet quotes

Robert Burns quote: “Opera is where a guy gets stabbed…”

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