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Said in the 1600s
“Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aristotle (…) a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.”
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) first seen 1605 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rerum Novarum (1605)
“C'est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours L'art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours.”
Molière (1622–1673) said by 1673 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People were soon talking only of my bons mots, and they esteemed my wit so highly that the clergy was forced to publish a decree that forbade anyone to believe I was capable of reason, and it expressly commanded everyone of all ranks to believe — no matter how intelligently I might act — that I was guided by instinct.”
Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) said by 1655 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Small Latin, and less Greek.”
Ben Jonson (1572–1637) said by 1637 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“…He was averse from shedding human blood, though he destroyed many idolatrous temples, and erected mosques in their stead. He held conversation neither with Nazarenes nor with bramins; nor would he permit them to hold civil offices under his government.”
Firishta (1560–1620) first seen 1436 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sultãn ‘Alãu’d-Dîn Ahmad Shãh II Bahmanî (AD 1436-1458)
Also quoted by: Alau'd-din Ahmad Shah
“Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poor: With thee O let me rise As larks, harmoniously, And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight in me.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I make no doubt... that these rules are simple, artless, and natural.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) said by 1662 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These are members of the Church who know the work in the operation and feeling and come to be members one of another. They who come to the Church that is in God and Christ, must come out of the state that Adam is in, in the Fall, to know the state that he was in before he fell.”
George Fox (1624–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Journal (1694)
“The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) said by 1695 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord”
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter 225 (to his parishioners) Aberdeen 1837
“Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde?”
John Lyly (1554–1606) said by 1606 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Surely it is a great thing to increase the numerous host of fixed stars previously visible to the unaided vision, adding countless more which have never before been seen, exposing these plainly to the eye in numbers ten times exceeding the old and familiar stars.”
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) said by 1642 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translation by Stillman Drake in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (1957)
“Now let us sport us while we may; And now, like am'rous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour, Than languish in his slow-chapp'd power.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) said by 1678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“18 Proposition. The 24. Elders, are the 24 books of the old Testament, and (metonymicè) all the true professors thereof.”
John Napier (1550–1617) said by 1617 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The palace Beautiful.”
John Bunyan (1628–1688) said by 1688 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For it has been truly observed by a great philosopher, that truth does more easily emerge out of error than confusion.”
Robert Boyle (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ma générosité cède enfin à sa haine.”
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) said by 1684 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God kills thy comforts from no other design but to kill thy corruptions; wants are ordained to kill wantonness, poverty is appointed to kill pride, reproaches are permitted to destroy ambition.”
John Flavel (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As for [...] Of all passions, that which inclineth men least to break the laws is fear.”
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) said by 1679 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I call him Rama. You can call him by any other name but have faith in him, surrender all worldly desires and passions to his will and without effort, become disciplined and principled.”
Tulsidas (1511–1623) said by 1623 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poca centella incita mucho fuego, Poco viento movió mucha tormenta, Poca nube al principio arroja luego Mucho diluvio, poca luz alienta Mucho rayo despues, poco amor ciego Descubre mucho engaño; y asi intenta, Siendo centella, viento, nube, ensayo, Ser tormenta, diluvio, incendio y rayo.”
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) said by 1681 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Act I, sc. iii (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1880)
“Turn over a new leaf.”
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) first seen 1604 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Honest Whore (1604), Part ii, Act ii. Sc. 1. Compare: "Turn over a new leaf", Thomas Middleton, Anything for a Quiet Life (1621), Act iii. Sc. 3.
Also quoted by: Thomas Dekker (writer), Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon