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Quotes from authors born in 1742
 
 
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people.
Joseph Brant
Authors born in 1742
 
 
Joseph Brant 3 quotes
 
William Hooper 1 quote
 
Georg C. Lichtenberg 75 quotes
 
Arthur Middleton 12 quotes
 
James Wilson 4 quotes