1570s · Skopia

Showing 6 quotes from the 1570s

And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

1579

★ 5.3

For where's the state beneath the firmament That doth excel the bees for government?

Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

1578

★ 3.5

I wish my deadly foe, no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.

Nicholas Breton

1577

★ 1.9

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays · 1575

★ 1.3

Religious literature

1570

★ 1.1

Religious literature

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

1570

★ 1.1