The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Classical antiquity1 quote
We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth. — Homer · 700 BCColonial America1 quote
Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One. — Benjamin Franklin · 1753The Renaissance1 quote
The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree. — William Shakespeare · 1598