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Explore our hand-picked selection of 81 inspiring quotes by John Ray.

About John Ray

  • Born: November 29, 1627
  • Died: January 17, 1705
  • Occupation: Botanist
    • A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be.
    Tree Walnuts Spaniels
    Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.
    Philosophy Philosophical Men
    To go like a cat upon a hot bakestone.
    Cat Hot
    A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.
    Mother Children Blessing
    The charitable give out at the door, and god puts in at the window.
    Doors Giving Charity
    The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail.
    Cat Tails Higher
    If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
    Horse Wish Might
    The democratic party: con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant.
    Party Men Ignorant
    The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another
    Horse Thinking Poor Richard
    Children pick up words as pigeons peas and utter them again as god shall please.
    Children Pigeons Peas
    He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one
    Deserve
    The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields.
    Butterfly Eye Men
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