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Said in the 1600s
“Two eagles, ... That mounted on the winds, together still Their strokes extended.”
George Chapman (1559–1634) said by 1634 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards; their worthiest captains, best wits, greatest scholars, bravest spirits in all our annals, have been base [born].”
Robert Burton (1577–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He 'as had a stinger.”
John Fletcher (1579–1625) said by 1625 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world knows that to quell the belly-fire, I ate crumbs and morsels given by men of caste, high-caste, low-caste or no cast.”
Tulsidas (1511–1623) said by 1623 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…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
“Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Que el dia Ya en la tumba helada y fria, Huésped del undoso Dios, Hace noche.”
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. ii (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1880)
“人們一般易於被自己發現的理由所說服，甚於他人心中的理由。 -10”
布萊士·帕斯卡 (1623–1662) said by 1662 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Spinoza is the Christ of philosophers, and the greatest philosophers are hardly more than apostles who distance themselves from or draw near to this mystery.”
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are entertainment that is not Christian in any season.”
Claude La Colombière (1641–1682) said by 1682 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who reproves the lame must go upright.”
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) said by 1619 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now as they were going along and talking, they espied a Boy feeding his Father’s Sheep. The Boy was in very mean Cloaths, but of a very fresh and well-favoured Countenance, and as he sate by himself he sung. Hark, said Mr Greatheart, to what the Shepherd’s boy saith. So they hearkened, and he said—”
John Bunyan (1628–1688) said by 1688 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“6 Proposition. The first Trumpet or Viall began at the Jubelee, in anno Christi 71.”
John Napier (1550–1617) said by 1617 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are not to come to Christ because you are qualified, but that you may be qualified with whatever you want; and the best qualification you can bring is a deep sense that you have no worth or excellency at all in you.”
John Flavel (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[W]ithout proper experiments I conclude nothing...”
Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) said by 1630 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) said by 1616 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less Withdraws into its happiness; The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds, and other seas; Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) said by 1678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Coward dread lacks order, fear wants art, Deaf to attend, commanded or desired.”
Edward Fairfax (1580–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you have acquired this excellent habit of love you will feel completely absorbed by it as it penetrates deeply into the center of your being. There you will be conscious of enjoying a taste and a gaze of such height, breadth, length, depth and simplicity that you will attain this state quite easily, without any effort on your part. p. 120”
John of St. Samson (1572–1636) said by 1636 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for himself is love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God; for it will also give ourselves and carry with it all that is ours.”
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) first seen 1650 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Holy Living (1650), ch. 4, section 3.
“Do you say it is incomprehensible that there is nothingness in the world and that we are partly composed of nothing? Well, why not? Is not the whole world enveloped by nothingness? Since you concede that point, admit as well that it is just as easy for the world to have nothingness within as without.”
Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) said by 1655 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you know how to launch your ship into God's sea Oh, what a blessed fate, submerged in it to be”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“我們的語言，不妨直爽，但不可粗暴驕傲；有時也應當說幾句婉轉的話，但切忌虛偽輕浮與油滑。”
弗蘭西斯·培根 (1561–1626) said by 1626 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your day owl...hath brought such a lot of wondering birds about your ears, as...will chatter you out of your ivy bush.”
Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) said by 1625 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source