List of John Ray Quotes

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John Ray
Total Quotes 81
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
  • Born: November 29, 1627
  • Died: January 17, 1705
  • Occupation: Botanist
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