Quotes from authors passed in 1689
I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the disease - a statement in which I am supported by observation.
Thomas Sydenham
Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
Queen Christina
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
Aphra Behn
Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of mortality, and liable to the same ailments and afflictions with his fellows.
Thomas Sydenham
It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
Queen Christina
Washington Irving 
Susan Olsen 
Tove Jansson 
Brittany Murphy 
Art Carney 
Justin Winsor 
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre 
Persis Khambatta