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Said in the 1600s
“My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.”
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“אני שונא את כל האנשים. אחדים בגלל שהם רעים ומרעים, ואחרים בגלל שהם משלימים עם הרעים.”
מולייר (1622–1673) said by 1673 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) said by 1678 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blush'd before.”
Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) said by 1667 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And let God be judge between you and me.”
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) first seen 1658 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When dissolving the second Parliament of the Protectorate, 4 February 1658, also quote in Famous Sayings and their Authors, p. 6
“לב שנולד לשרת לא יידע לפקד.”
פייר קורניי (1606–1684) said by 1684 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mere doctrines and opinions of men are things Spiritual, and therefore not Cognoscible by a temporal Authority; and the Ecclesiastical Authority, which is to take Cognisance is itself so Spiritual, that it cannot inflict any punishment corporal.”
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) first seen 1647 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Θεολογία Εκλεκτική: Of the Liberty of Prophesying (1647), Section 20
“This right which you have, is not founded any more than his upon any quality or any merit in yourself which renders you worthy of it. Your soul and your body are, of themselves, indifferent to the state of boatman or that of duke; and there is no natural bond that attaches them to one condition rather than to another.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) said by 1662 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) said by 1626 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love lurks as soon about a sheepcote as a palace.”
Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) said by 1625 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most Mens' Anger about Religion is as if two Men should quarrel for a Lady they neither of them care for.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) said by 1695 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“J’enrage de bon cœur d’avoir tort, lorsque j’ai raison.”
Molière (1622–1673) first seen 1668 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Georges Dandin (1668), Act I, sc. vii
“Anything we take in the Universe, because it has in itself that which is All in All, includes in its own way, the entire soul of the world, which is entirely in any part of it.”
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) said by 1600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who to himself is law no law doth need, Offends no law, and is a king indeed.”
George Chapman (1559–1634) said by 1634 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“La vivacité qui augmente en vieillissant ne va pas loin de la folie.”
François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) said by 1680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jewels, orators of Love.”
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) said by 1619 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories.”
Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) said by 1630 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hit the nail on the head.”
John Fletcher (1579–1625) said by 1625 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“כל הידע הוא מחוז חפצי.”
פרנסיס בייקון (1561–1626) said by 1626 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“אסור לך לשהות כאן עוד, שכך קיסר גוזר. אתה חייב לשמוע. אי פקודתה של פלולביה? לא, סליחה - פקודת קיסר. חי ממלכתי אתה מסמיק אנטוניוס, כי גם דמך הוא עבד לקיסר.”
ויליאם שייקספיר (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Another doctrine repugnant to Civill Society, is that whatsoever a man does against his Conscience, is Sinne; and it dependeth on the presumption of making himself judge of Good and Evill. For a man's Conscience and his Judgement are the same thing, and as the Judgement, so also the Conscience may be erroneous.”
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) said by 1679 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be charitable before Wealth makes thee covetous.”
Thomas Browne (1605–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source