21 authors
William Shakespeare267 quotes
Francis Bacon104 quotes- Montaigne97 quotes
Thomas Hobbes82 quotes
Miguel de Cervantes58 quotes
Robert Burton57 quotes
Martin Luther43 quotes
René Descartes28 quotes
Erasmus of Rotterdam26 quotes
George Herbert24 quotes- John Donne24 quotes
Leonardo da Vinci17 quotes- Sir John Eliot16 quotes
Hernan Cortes12 quotes- Ben Johnson9 quotes
- Ben Jonson8 quotes
- François Rabelais7 quotes
- Claudio Monteverdi3 quotes
Galileo Galilei2 quotes- Cardinal Richelieu1 quote
- Niccolò Machiavelli1 quote
Featured quotes
Thought and Reason
A good conscience is a continual feast.Francis BaconPhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century
5.0 · 58 votes · 199 reads
Society
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.MontaignePhilosopherFrench1533 · 16th century
4.7 · 39 votes · 133 reads
Defects
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.Thomas HobbesPhilosopherBritish1588 · 16th century
3.6 · 38 votes · 152 reads
Government and Politics
'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.4.4 · 39 votes · 168 reads
Thought and Reason
''Skepticism,'' is that anything more than we used to mean when we said, ''Well, what have we here?''3.5 · 12 votes · 82 reads
Government and Politics
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.René DescartesMathematicianFrench1596 · 16th century
3.7 · 43 votes · 131 reads
Thought and Reason
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.3.8 · 16 votes · 157 reads