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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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Under all those disadvantages no men ever show more spirit or prudence than ours. In my opinion nothing but virtue has kept our army together through this campaign.— letter to a friend, January 5, 1778
— John Brooks
