Quotes by English authors

English FlagEnglish culture has a long and also rich background, and its quotes show this heritage. From renowned poets and also dramatists to influential political leaders and thinkers, English figures have left a long lasting mark on the world with their smart as well as motivating words. English quotes are usually memorable, amusing, and extensive, using understandings into life, love, and also humanity. Whether you are seeking inspiration, inspiration, or just a good laugh, English quotes have something to offer. They catch the spirit of the country's society, which values creativity, humor, as well as a sense of experience, and also are a testimony to the long-lasting impact of English language and also literature on the world.
See the complete list of authors from England
Small: A fools paradise is a wise mans hell!
Thomas Fuller
"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity but strong and deep ones have two high tides
"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"
David Hare, Playwright
Small: A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: Better ones House be too little one day than too big all the Year after
Thomas Fuller
"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards
Aldous Huxley
"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody
"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"
John Churton Collins, Critic
Small: God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures
Francis Bacon
"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
Small: If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all
Elizabeth I
"If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all"
Elizabeth I, Royalty
Small: Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered
William Shakespeare
"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table
W. H. Auden
"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table"
W. H. Auden, Poet
Small: Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo
"Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo"
Desmond Morris, Scientist
Small: Dont let your will roar when your power only whispers
Thomas Fuller
"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows
Edward Young
"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course
William Shakespeare
"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Its not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after
William Shakespeare
"Its not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Errors are not in the art but in the artificers
Isaac Newton
"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
Small: Be wise with speed a fool at forty is a fool indeed
Edward Young
"Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: We are all geniuses up to the age of ten
Aldous Huxley
"We are all geniuses up to the age of ten"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely
Thomas Huxley
"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you dont have to look at it
David Hockney
"Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it"
David Hockney, Artist
Small: A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: Its love that makes the world go round, my baby
Charles Dickens
"Its love that makes the world go round, my baby"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips
Charles Dickens
"Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo
"The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo"
Desmond Morris, Scientist
Small: When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
William Shakespeare
"When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than Englands hate neither should death be less welcome unto
Elizabeth I
"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me"
Elizabeth I, Royalty
Small: The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance
Thomas Paine
"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance"
Thomas Paine, Writer
Small: Silence does not always mark wisdom
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Silence does not always mark wisdom"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet
Small: The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but rather, Can they suffer?
Jeremy Bentham
"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
Small: Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility
"Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility"
E. F. Schumacher, Economist
Small: Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath
"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath"
Michael Caine, Actor
Small: A light heart lives long
William Shakespeare
"A light heart lives long"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all cha
William Shakespeare
"Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage
William Shakespeare
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse
Thomas Fuller
"If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune
Thomas Fuller
"Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: The past cannot be cured
Elizabeth I
"The past cannot be cured"
Elizabeth I, Royalty
Small: A loving heart is the truest wisdom
Charles Dickens
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year
Charles Dickens
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: And all may do what has by man been done
Edward Young
"And all may do what has by man been done"
Edward Young, Poet
Page 1 of 342