Quotes from authors born in 1710
Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.
Thomas Reid
The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.
Thomas Reid
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.
Thomas Reid
Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.
Sarah Fielding
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Robert Lowth

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