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Category Archive: 1685

John Gay Quote: “But his kiss was so sweet…”

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.

September 10, 2021 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

George Berkeley Quote: “That neither our thoughts, nor passions…”

That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow.

September 4, 2021 1685, George Berkeley, Irish, March 12, Quotes by Philosophers

John Gay Quote: “Those who in quarrels interpose, must…”

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

August 1, 2021 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

George Berkeley Quote: “We have first raised a dust…”

We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.

July 10, 2021 1685, George Berkeley, Irish, March 12, Quotes by Philosophers

John Gay Quote: “The comfortable estate of widowhood is…”

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife’s spirits.

July 8, 2021 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

John Gay Quote: “Cowards are cruel, but the brave…”

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

May 27, 2021 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

George Berkeley Quote: “All the choir of heaven and…”

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth – in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world – have not any subsistence without a mind.

May 24, 2021 1685, George Berkeley, Irish, March 12, Quotes by Philosophers

John Gay Quote: “Fools may our scorn, not envy…”

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

May 16, 2021 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

John Gay Quote: “O Polly, you might have toyed…”

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.

April 25, 2021 1685, English, John Gay, June 30, Quotes by Poets

George Berkeley Quote: “A mind at liberty to reflect…”

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.

April 16, 2021 1685, George Berkeley, Irish, March 12, Quotes by Philosophers

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