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Said in the 1600s
“…Mahmood Shah Shurky, having recruited his army, took the field again for the purpose of reducing some refractory zemindars in the district of Chunar, which place he sacked, and from thence proceeded into the province of Orissa, which he also reduced; and having destroyed the temples and collected large sums of money, returned to Joonpoor.”
Firishta (1560–1620) first seen 1440 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sultãn Mahmûd Shãh bin Ibrãhîm Sharqî of Jaunpur (AD 1440-1457)Orissa
Also quoted by: Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur
“Force in matters of opinion can do no good, but is very apt to do hurt.”
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 13
“It would be a very great consolation [for God], given the small number of Catholics, if they behaved well.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[History] hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.”
Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) first seen 1614 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The History of the World (1614), Preface
“Power constrained is but a glorious slave.”
Edward Fairfax (1580–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Are not your kisses then as filthy, and more, As a worm sucking an envenom'd sore? Doth not thy fearful hand in feeling quake, As one which gathering flowers still fears a snake? Is not your last act harsh and violent, As when a plough a stony ground doth rent?”
John Donne (1572–1631) said by 1631 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The smith and the devil hath a dry tooth in his head.”
Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) said by 1625 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The resurrection is In spirit done in thee, As soon as thou from all Thy sins hast set thee free.”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?”
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) said by 1627 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Francis Bacon
“I am, sir, a Brother of the Angle.”
Izaak Walton (1593–1683) said by 1683 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.”
Robert Burton (1577–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will never forget that, in the hurricane of my adolescence, I found refuge in the deep nest of the Ethics. [Original in French: Je n'oublierai jamais que, dans le cyclone de mon adolescence, j'ai trouvé refuge au nid profond de l'Éthique.]”
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Es tan ágil en la caza, Viva imágen de la guerra.”
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)
“Ventre affamé n'a point d'oreilles.”
Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) first seen 1678 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book IX (1678–1679), fable 18.
Also quoted by: French proverb (french)
“Absence, that common cure of love.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) said by 1616 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lukewarmness I account a sin As great in love as in religion.”
Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) said by 1667 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Person any Thing vers’d in the Writings of Chymists cannot but Discern by their obscure, Ambiguous, and almost Ænigmatical Way of expressing what they pretend to Teach, that they have no Mind, to be understood at all, but by the Sons of Art (as they call them) nor to be Understood even by these without Difficulty And Hazardous Tryalls.”
Robert Boyle (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But who art thou? that Voyce, and beauteous Face, Not Mortal is; thou art of Heavenly Race.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ah, la belle chose que de savoir quelque chose.”
Molière (1622–1673) said by 1673 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pluralidade que não se reduz à unidade é confusão; unidade que não depende de pluralidade é tirania.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) said by 1662 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Akbar had prohibited enslavement and sale of women and children of peasants who had defaulted in payment of revenue. He knew, as Abul Fazl says, that many evil hearted and vicious men either because of ill-founded suspicion or sheer greed, used to proceed to villages and mahals and sack them.”
Akbar (1542–1605) said by 1605 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lal, K. S. (2012). Indian muslims: Who are they.
Also quoted by: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
“A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) said by 1695 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The "mountain-sea" spirit means that it is bad to repeat the same thing several times when fighting the enemy. There may be no help but to do something twice, but do not try it a third time. If you once make an attack and fail, there is little chance of success if you use the same approach again.”
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source