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Colonial Quotes
Colonial Quotes
A collection of
notable quotations from a variety of Early Modern Era individuals. See the
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Abernethy, George (1)
Adams, Abigail (2)
Adams, John (98)
Adams, John Quincy (11)
Adams, Samuel (59)
Addison, Joseph (20)
Allen, Ethan (1)
Ames, Fisher (9)
Arbuthnot, John (11)
Audubon, John James (56)
Bacon, Francis (139)
Bacon, Leonard (2)
Bailey, Philip James (17)
Barney, Joshua (1)
Barnum, P. T. (6)
Barron, James (1)
Bartlett, Josiah (4)
Blackmore, Richard (2)
Blackstone, William (1)
Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas (5)
Boleyn, Anne (7)
Bolton, Sarah T. (2)
Bond, George Phillips (3)
Boone, Daniel (20)
Braxton, Carter (1)
Brooks, John (1)
Buchanan, James (6)
Bunyan, John (1)
Buonarroti, Philippe (1)
Burney, Charles (4)
Butler, Pierce (1)
Butler, William Allen (2)
Calhoun, John C. (8)
Carroll, Charles (1)
Cass, Lewis (2)
Chapman, George (5)
Chase, Samuel (3)
Clark, Abraham (2)
Clark, George Rogers (3)
Clarke, James Freeman (10)
Clay, Henry (11)
Clulow, William Benton (25)
Clymer, George (4)
Coleridge, Hartley (3)
Colt, Samuel (1)
Congreve, William (30)
Copernicus, Nicolaus (3)
Coxe, Tench (1)
Crockett, Davy (25)
Decatur, Stephen (1)
Diderot, Denis (10)
Ellery, William (13)
Ellsworth, Oliver (12)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (13)
Fillmore, Millard (5)
Fitch, John (2)
Flaubert, Gustave (36)
Floyd, William (1)
Franklin, Benjamin (255)
Fulton, Robert (4)
Gadsden, Christopher (11)
Gallatin, Albert (1)
Gaon, Vilna (2)
Garrison, William Lloyd (1)
Geary, John W. (4)
Gerry, Elbridge (1)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (2)
Goya, Francisco (8)
Grotius, Hugo (3)
Hale, Nathan (2)
Hale, Sarah Josepha (3)
Halley, Edmond (4)
Hamilton, Alexander (100)
Hammon, Jupiter (25)
Hancock, John (2)
Harrison, William Henry (10)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (37)
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (22)
Henry (13)
Henry, Patrick (19)
Hitchcock, Ethan A. (5)
Hobbes, Thomas (15)
Hooper, William (4)
Hopkins, Stephen (1)
Hopkinson, Francis (1)
Hull, William (3)
Jackson, Andrew (50)
Jay, John (7)
Jefferson, Thomas (244)
Johnston, Zachariah (1)
Jomini, Antoine-Henri (9)
Jones, John Paul (9)
Jouett, Jack (1)
Kemble, Fanny (1)
Kennedy, John P. (1)
Knox, Henry (11)
Krylov, Ivan (2)
L'Estrange, Roger (58)
Laplace, Pierre-Simon (4)
Lee, Francis Lightfoot (6)
Lee, Richard Henry (4)
Leszczynski, Stanislaw (10)
Lincoln, Benjamin (1)
Louis (23)
Lyon, Matthew (1)
Maclure, William (1)
Madison, James (182)
Marion, Francis (1)
Marshall, John (2)
Mason, George (22)
Middleton, Arthur (3)
Monroe, James (22)
Moore, Thomas (25)
Moreau, Gustave (5)
Morgan, Daniel (7)
Morris, Gouverneur (4)
Morris, Lewis (1)
Morton, John (1)
Mott, Lucretia (8)
Muhlenberg, Peter (1)
Nashe, Thomas (14)
Nerval, Gerard de (1)
Newton, Isaac (7)
O'Sullivan, John L. (1)
Oken, Lorenz (5)
Otis, James (4)
Overbury, Thomas (10)
Page, John (1)
Paine, Thomas (88)
Parker, John (1)
Penn, William (19)
Perry, Oliver Hazard (1)
Pierce, William (2)
Pike, Zebulon (32)
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (2)
Poe, Edgar Allan (39)
Polk, James K. (14)
Pope, Alexander (85)
Pushkin, Alexander (47)
Rabutin-Chantal, Marie de (5)
Red Jacket (3)
Reed, Joseph (1)
Rice, David (1)
Richardson, Jonathan (5)
Richardson, Samuel (17)
Roberts, Bartholomew (1)
Roscoe, William (1)
Ross, Betsy (1)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (66)
Rush, Benjamin (7)
Ruskin, John (10)
Rutledge, Edward (4)
Schiller, Friedrich (2)
Scott, Walter (1)
Sherman, Roger (6)
Smith, John (1)
Souvre, Madeleine de (27)
Spenser, Edmund (3)
Steele, Richard (15)
Stone, Thomas (2)
Story, Joseph (20)
Swift, Jonathan (1)
Taylor, Zachary (2)
Tecumseh (11)
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (46)
Thackeray, William Makepeace (10)
Thoreau, Henry David (266)
Timrod, Henry (3)
Trapp, John (5)
Travis, William B. (2)
Tyler, John (5)
Van Buren, Martin (29)
Vancouver, George (3)
Vespucci, Amerigo (1)
Voltaire (20)
Walpole, Robert (27)
Warren, Joseph (2)
Warren, Mercy Otis (1)
Washington, George (153)
Waterhouse, Benjamin (2)
Wayne, Anthony (4)
Webster, Daniel (42)
Webster, Noah (6)
Wesley, John (25)
Whipple, William (8)
Whittier, John Greenleaf (16)
Wigglesworth, Edward (4)
Williams, Samuel (1)
Wilson, James (19)
Winthrop, John (1)
Wirt, William (2)
Witherspoon, John (7)
Wolcott, Oliver (3)
Wolsey, Thomas (4)
Wycherley, William (13)
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Abernethy, George (1)
Adams, Abigail (2)
Adams, John (98)
Adams, John Quincy (11)
Adams, Samuel (59)
Addison, Joseph (20)
Allen, Ethan (1)
Ames, Fisher (9)
Arbuthnot, John (11)
Audubon, John James (56)
Bacon, Francis (139)
Bacon, Leonard (2)
Bailey, Philip James (17)
Barney, Joshua (1)
Barnum, P. T. (6)
Barron, James (1)
Bartlett, Josiah (4)
Blackmore, Richard (2)
Blackstone, William (1)
Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas (5)
Boleyn, Anne (7)
Bolton, Sarah T. (2)
Bond, George Phillips (3)
Boone, Daniel (20)
Braxton, Carter (1)
Brooks, John (1)
Buchanan, James (6)
Bunyan, John (1)
Buonarroti, Philippe (1)
Burney, Charles (4)
Butler, Pierce (1)
Butler, William Allen (2)
Calhoun, John C. (8)
Carroll, Charles (1)
Cass, Lewis (2)
Chapman, George (5)
Chase, Samuel (3)
Clark, Abraham (2)
Clark, George Rogers (3)
Clarke, James Freeman (10)
Clay, Henry (11)
Clulow, William Benton (25)
Clymer, George (4)
Coleridge, Hartley (3)
Colt, Samuel (1)
Congreve, William (30)
Copernicus, Nicolaus (3)
Coxe, Tench (1)
Crockett, Davy (25)
Decatur, Stephen (1)
Diderot, Denis (10)
Ellery, William (13)
Ellsworth, Oliver (12)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (13)
Fillmore, Millard (5)
Fitch, John (2)
Flaubert, Gustave (36)
Floyd, William (1)
Franklin, Benjamin (255)
Fulton, Robert (4)
Gadsden, Christopher (11)
Gallatin, Albert (1)
Gaon, Vilna (2)
Garrison, William Lloyd (1)
Geary, John W. (4)
Gerry, Elbridge (1)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (2)
Goya, Francisco (8)
Grotius, Hugo (3)
Hale, Nathan (2)
Hale, Sarah Josepha (3)
Halley, Edmond (4)
Hamilton, Alexander (100)
Hammon, Jupiter (25)
Hancock, John (2)
Harrison, William Henry (10)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (37)
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (22)
Henry (13)
Henry, Patrick (19)
Hitchcock, Ethan A. (5)
Hobbes, Thomas (15)
Hooper, William (4)
Hopkins, Stephen (1)
Hopkinson, Francis (1)
Hull, William (3)
Jackson, Andrew (50)
Jay, John (7)
Jefferson, Thomas (244)
Johnston, Zachariah (1)
Jomini, Antoine-Henri (9)
Jones, John Paul (9)
Jouett, Jack (1)
Kemble, Fanny (1)
Kennedy, John P. (1)
Knox, Henry (11)
Krylov, Ivan (2)
L'Estrange, Roger (58)
Laplace, Pierre-Simon (4)
Lee, Francis Lightfoot (6)
Lee, Richard Henry (4)
Leszczynski, Stanislaw (10)
Lincoln, Benjamin (1)
Louis (23)
Lyon, Matthew (1)
Maclure, William (1)
Madison, James (182)
Marion, Francis (1)
Marshall, John (2)
Mason, George (22)
Middleton, Arthur (3)
Monroe, James (22)
Moore, Thomas (25)
Moreau, Gustave (5)
Morgan, Daniel (7)
Morris, Gouverneur (4)
Morris, Lewis (1)
Morton, John (1)
Mott, Lucretia (8)
Muhlenberg, Peter (1)
Nashe, Thomas (14)
Nerval, Gerard de (1)
Newton, Isaac (7)
O'Sullivan, John L. (1)
Oken, Lorenz (5)
Otis, James (4)
Overbury, Thomas (10)
Page, John (1)
Paine, Thomas (88)
Parker, John (1)
Penn, William (19)
Perry, Oliver Hazard (1)
Pierce, William (2)
Pike, Zebulon (32)
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (2)
Poe, Edgar Allan (39)
Polk, James K. (14)
Pope, Alexander (85)
Pushkin, Alexander (47)
Rabutin-Chantal, Marie de (5)
Red Jacket (3)
Reed, Joseph (1)
Rice, David (1)
Richardson, Jonathan (5)
Richardson, Samuel (17)
Roberts, Bartholomew (1)
Roscoe, William (1)
Ross, Betsy (1)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (66)
Rush, Benjamin (7)
Ruskin, John (10)
Rutledge, Edward (4)
Schiller, Friedrich (2)
Scott, Walter (1)
Sherman, Roger (6)
Smith, John (1)
Souvre, Madeleine de (27)
Spenser, Edmund (3)
Steele, Richard (15)
Stone, Thomas (2)
Story, Joseph (20)
Swift, Jonathan (1)
Taylor, Zachary (2)
Tecumseh (11)
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (46)
Thackeray, William Makepeace (10)
Thoreau, Henry David (266)
Timrod, Henry (3)
Trapp, John (5)
Travis, William B. (2)
Tyler, John (5)
Van Buren, Martin (29)
Vancouver, George (3)
Vespucci, Amerigo (1)
Voltaire (20)
Walpole, Robert (27)
Warren, Joseph (2)
Warren, Mercy Otis (1)
Washington, George (153)
Waterhouse, Benjamin (2)
Wayne, Anthony (4)
Webster, Daniel (42)
Webster, Noah (6)
Wesley, John (25)
Whipple, William (8)
Whittier, John Greenleaf (16)
Wigglesworth, Edward (4)
Williams, Samuel (1)
Wilson, James (19)
Winthrop, John (1)
Wirt, William (2)
Witherspoon, John (7)
Wolcott, Oliver (3)
Wolsey, Thomas (4)
Wycherley, William (13)
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A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
—
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.
—
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse.
—
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
One can be a hero without ravaging the earth.
—
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.
—
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
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