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01c. 1710 AD

And when a lady 's in the case, You know all other things give place.

John Gay / quote

02c. 1710 AD

Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.

John Gay / quote

03c. 1733 AD

Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.

Earl Of Chesterfield / quote

04c. 1748 AD

Here you would know and enjoy what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.

Benjamin Franklin / quote

05c. 1746 AD

Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe.

Samuel Johnson / quote

06c. 1746 AD

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Samuel Johnson / quote

07c. 1746 AD

I do not know, sir, that the fellow is an infidel; but if he be an infidel, he is an infidel as a dog is an infidel; that is to say, he has never thought upon the subject.

Samuel Johnson / quote

08c. 1746 AD

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Samuel Johnson / quote

09c. 1746 AD

As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him," so it is in travelling,—a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

Samuel Johnson / quote

10c. 1741 AD

Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain; The heart can ne'er a transport know That never feels a pain.

Lord Lyttleton / quote

11c. 1743 AD

To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,— The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise.

Thomas Gray / quote

12c. 1743 AD

But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.

Thomas Gray / quote

13c. 1793 AD

Nor peace nor ease the heart can know Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.

Mrs. Greville / quote

14c. 1745 AD

The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

Mark Akenside / quote

15c. 1769 AD

And how should I know your true love From many another one? Oh, by his cockle hat and staff, And by his sandal shoone.

Thomas Percy / quote

16c. 1763 AD

I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.

Edmund Burke / quote

17c. 1765 AD

Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.

William Cowper / quote

18c. 1765 AD

There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know.

William Cowper / quote

19c. 1765 AD

Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells.

William Cowper / quote

20c. 1767 AD

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.

Patrick Henry / quote

21c. 1767 AD

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

Patrick Henry / quote

22c. 1784 AD

Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations. No duty is at the same time more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect.

Thomas Jefferson / quote

23c. 1789 AD

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

Hannah More / quote

24c. 1770 AD

What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

Sir William Jones / quote