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Said in the 1600s

• “A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion.”

  Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The earth, late choked with showers, Is how arrayed in green; Her bosom springs with flowers, The air dissolves her teen.”

  Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) first seen 1589 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Scilla's Metamorphosis (1589), madrigal, l. 1

• “God gave necessities to man, that all men might need; and several abilities to several persons, that each man might help to supply the public needs, and, by joining to fill up all wants, they may be knit together by justice, as the parts of the world are by nature.”

  Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) first seen 1650 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Holy Living (1650), ch. 3, introduction.

• “A good man happy is a common good.”

  George Chapman (1559–1634) said by 1634 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “De qué sirve la hermosura, (Cuando lo fuese la mia) Si me falta la alegría? Si me falta la ventura?”

  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. i (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1880)

• “Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhousell'd, disappointed, unaneled, No reckoning made, but sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head.”

  William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.”

  Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) first seen 1656 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Provincial Letters: Letter XVI (4 December 1656)

• “What need of all this marble crust T’impark the wanton mote of dust.”

  Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) said by 1678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Qui peut tout doit tout craindre.”

  Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) said by 1684 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I ought to love the Jews, as they seem to be my only friends intellectually, beginning with Edman—not to go back to Spinoza.”

  Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: George Santayana, in his letter to Mrs. Nancy Saunders Toy (who was the wife of Crawford Howell Toy), 12 August 1938

• “As the case stands.”

  Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) first seen 1618 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Old Law (1618-19), Act ii. Sc. 1. Co-written with William Rowley and perhaps a third collaborator, who may have been Philip Massinger or Thomas Heywood. Compare: "As the case stands", Mathew Henry, Commentaries, Psa…

  Also quoted by: Francis Bacon

• “Remembrance is the life of grief; his grave, Forgetfulness.”

  Edward Fairfax (1580–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “This Story may Delightful be to tell another day.”

  John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.”

  James Howell (1594–1666) said by 1666 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.”

  Robert Burton (1577–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He was not of an age, but for all time.”

  Ben Jonson (1572–1637) said by 1637 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “No friend sympathizes so tenderly with his friend in affliction as does Jesus. "In all our afflictions, He is afflicted." He feels all our sorrows, wants, and burdens as His own. Whence it is that the sufferings of believers are called the sufferings of Christ.”

  John Flavel (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If the grown-ups saw what the little ones suffered, there would be few unhappy people in the world.”

  Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To tell the truth, the chariot was an astonishing sight to behold, because I had polished the steel of my flying house so carefully that it reflected the sunlight on all sides. It was so bright and dazzling that I thought, myself, that I had been carried away in a chariot of fire.”

  Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) said by 1655 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.”

  John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “In the beginning of AH 697 ‘Alãu’d-Dîn sent Almãs Beg and Nasrat Khãn along with other chiefs of Dehlî and the army of Sindh, for the conquest of Gujarãt… Gujarãt had a very famous idol which was not only of the same name as Somnãt but was also equally prestigious. The Musalmans got hold of this idol and had it sent to Dehlî so that it could be trampled upon…”

  Firishta (1560–1620) first seen 1296 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Sultãn ‘Alãu’d-Dîn Khaljî (AD 1296-1316) Gujarat

• “L'esprit de la conversation consiste bien moins à en montrer beaucoup qu'à en faire trouver aux autres: celui qui sort de votre entretien content de soi et de son esprit, l'est de vous parfaitement. Les hommes n'aiment point à vous admirer, ils veulent plaire; ils cherchent moins à être instruits, et même réjouis, qu'à être goûtés et applaudis.”

  Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) said by 1696 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Make not Christ a liar in distrusting His promise.”

  Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Weeds and nettles, briars and thorns, have thriven under your shadow, dissettlement and division, discontentment and dissatisfaction, together with real dangers to the whole.”

  Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) first seen 1655 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Speech dissolving the First Protectorate Parliament (22 January 1655)