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A collection of notable quotations from a variety of Early Modern Era individuals. See the Guide Letter Author Find Selected -all- # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z -all- 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 (18) 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)
Letter Author Find Selected -all- # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z -all- 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 (18) 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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My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning. — James Otis Jr. One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.— On the Writs of Assistance, 1761
— James Otis Jr. Taxation without representation is tyranny. — James Otis Jr. The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country. — James Otis Jr.
