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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BC The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BC There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man. — Sophocles · 441 BC Man is the measure of all things. — Protagoras · 420 BC Know thyself. — Thales All men by nature desire to know. — Aristotle · 322 BC All 614 quotes →

The Renaissance508 quotes

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare · 1616 In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. — Erasmus · 1536 To be or not to be—that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep— No more—and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep— To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. — William Shakespeare · 1616 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609 God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532 Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667 All 508 quotes →

New Testament Era299 quotes

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — Jesus · 90 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. — Jesus · 60 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — Jesus · 60 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. — Jesus · 60 Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. — 1st Timothy 5:23 · 64 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. — Revelation 2:10 · 96 All 299 quotes →

Old Testament Era249 quotes

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — Genesis 1:26-27 · 1405 BC I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. — Ecclesiastes 9:11 · 931 BC The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. — Psalm 23:1-6 · 450 BC In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. — Psalm 120:1 · 450 BC And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. — Genesis 2:7 · 1405 BC And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. — Genesis 2:2 · 1405 BC All 249 quotes →

Age of Enlightenment215 quotes

In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651 And with the guts of the last priest Let's wring the neck of the last king. — Denis Diderot · 1772 I think, therefore I am. — Rene Descartes · 1637 Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed. — Alexander Pope · 1733 If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? — Voltaire · 1759 Moreover, in a system of two bodies mutually acting upon each other, since the differences between their centres and the common centre of gravity of both are reciprocally as the bodies, the relative motions of those bodies, whether of approaching to or of receding from that centre, will be equal junong themselves. Therefore since the changes which happen to motions are equal and directed to contrary parts. — Isaac Newton · 1687 All 215 quotes →

American Revolutionary Period104 quotes

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — Declaration of Independence · 1776 A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787 When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. — Declaration of Independence · 1776 Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. — Thomas Jefferson · 1785 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. — James Madison · 1789 Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. — James Madison · 1788 All 104 quotes →

Middle Ages83 quotes

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321 Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri · 1321 Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265 When I had journeyed half of our life's way, I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray. — Dante Alighieri · 1321 To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice. — Magna Carta · 1215 In that part of the book of my memory, before which very little is written, there is a heading that reads "Here begins a new life". — Dante Alighieri · 1294 All 83 quotes →

Ancient World81 quotes

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated. — Sun Tzu · 475 BC A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. — Ahiqar · 500 BC The enemy of my enemy is my friend. — Kautilya · 300 BC For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal. — Pali Tipitaka · 100 BC Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC All 81 quotes →

Colonial America71 quotes

Remember that Time is Money. — Benjamin Franklin · 1748 Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736 Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735 Fish and Visitors stink after three days. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736 Haste makes Waste. — Benjamin Franklin · 1753 Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750 All 71 quotes →

Early Christianity31 quotes

Give me chastity and continency—but not yet! — St. Augustine · 398 Our heart is restless until it rests in you. — St. Augustine · 400 There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256 What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220 A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. — St. Augustine · 426 The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls. — St. Augustine · 400 All 31 quotes →

Spanish Golden Age15 quotes

I was so free with him as not to mince the matter. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605 Can we ever have too much of a good thing? — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605 You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605 That's the nature of women... Not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605 He's a muddle-headed fool, with frequent lucid intervals. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615 Blessed be he that invented sleep. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615 All 15 quotes →

Protestant Reformation9 quotes

Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. — Martin Luther · 1569 Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but-more frequently than not-struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. — Martin Luther · 1569 A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing. Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther · 1529 What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them. — Martin Luther · 1529 The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees. — Martin Luther · 1526 A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing. — Martin Luther · 1529 All 9 quotes →

Ancient Egypt8 quotes

There is no one who returns from beyond that he may tell of their state that he may tell of their lot that he may set our hearts at ease until we make our journey to the place where they have gone. — Harper's Songs · 1700 BC Remember: it is not given to man to take his goods with him. No one goes away and then comes back. — The Song of the Harper · 2600 BC Do not set your heart on wealth… Do not strain to seek increase, What you have, let it suffice you. If riches come by theft, They will not stay the night with you…. They made themselves wings like geese, And flew away to the sky. — Amenemope · 1075 BC Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned... Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BC Be cheerful while you are alive. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BC One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BC All 8 quotes →

Age of Exploration5 quotes

I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who have written this subject demonstrate and prove, as do the eclipses of the moon and other experiments that are made from east to west, and the elevation of the North Star from north to south. — Christopher Columbus · 1498 At two hours after midnight appeared the land, at a distance of two leagues. They handed all sails and set the treo, which is the mainsail without bonnets, and lay-to waiting for daylight Friday, when they arrived at an island of the Bahamas that was called in the Indians' tongue Guanahaní. — Christopher Columbus · 1492 And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and goodness is in the sky, and they believe very firmly that I, with these ships and people, came from the sky, and in this belief they everywhere received me, after they had overcome their fear. — Christopher Columbus · 1493 Those new regions which we found and explored with the fleet... We may rightly call a New World... A continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals other than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and, in addition, a climate milder than in any other region known to us. — Amerigo Vespucci · 1503 There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. — Francis Drake · 1587

Red Scare (McCarthy era)2 quotes

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. — Edward R. Murrow · 1954 I have here in my hand a list of 205... A list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. — Joseph McCarthy · 1950

Byzantine Period1 quote

Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due. — Justinian I · 533

Civil Rights Era (US)1 quote

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever! — George Wallace · 1963

Reconstruction Era (US)1 quote

The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. — Salmon Portland Chase · 1869

Song Dynasty1 quote

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. — Yuanwu Keqin · 1125

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