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John Ray
9 quotes
“I cannot but look upon the strange Instinct of this noisome and troublesome Creature a Louse, of searching out foul and nasty Clothes to harbor and breed in, as an Effect of divine Providence, design'd to deter Men and Women from Sluttishness and Sordidness.”
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Recorded in: The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation (1691). p. 309
“In a calm sea every man is a pilot.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like blood, like good, and like agen make the happiest marriage.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He speaks Bear-garden. That is, such rude and uncivil, or sordid and dirty language, as the rabble that frequent those sports, are wont to use.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money and friendship bribe justice. Beauty is potent, but money is omnipotent.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prate us but prade; it's money buys land Money begets money.”
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“If wishes were butter-cakes, beggars might bite. If wishes were thrushes, beggars would eat birds. If wishes would bide, beggars would ride.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As full as a piper's bag; as a tick.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The use of plants is all our life long of that universal importance and concern that we can neither live nor subsist with any decency and convenience, or be said, indeed, to live at all without them. Whatsoever food is necessary to sustain us, whatsoever conteibutes to delight and refresh us, is supplied and brought forth out of that plentiful and abundant store. And ah! how much more innocent, sweet, and healthful is a table covered with those than with all the reeking flesh of butchered and slaughtered animals. Certainly man by nature was never made to be a carnivorous animal, nor is he armed at all for prey and rapine, with jagged and pointed teeth and crooked claws sharpened to rend and tear, but with gentle hands to gather fruit and vegetables, and with teeth to chew and eat them.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating by Howard Williams (London: F. Pitman, 1883), p. 107.