EXPLORE BY

Era

Look for wisdom from different periods in history, from ancient times to the modern day.

588 quotes found

“
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, to truth, we can be deaf.

—Marcel ProustNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

“
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

—Marcel ProustNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

“
I dreamed of a freedom that Martinique itself seemed to deny me.

—Mayotte CapéciaNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

“
I am a poet. My sacred mission is to dream, to sing, to elevate souls.

—Rubén DaríoPoet

Early Modern ERA • Central America

“
Hell is other people.

—Jean-Paul SartrePhilosopher, Novelist & Playwright

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

“
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter it take with you your all.

—Kahlil GibranPoet & Writer

Early Modern ERA • Middle East

“
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are truly good.

—Anne FrankScholar & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

“
I want to be free even from myself.

—Julia de BurgosPoet & Activist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

“
My heart is the lamp, and your love is the oil that keeps it burning.

—Xu ZhimoPoet

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

“
We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children.

—Gabriela MistralPoet, Diplomat & Author

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

“
I desire that my eyes may always keep the candid innocence of children.

—Juana de IbarbourouPoet

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

“
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

—Albert EinsteinPhysicist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

“
I am the river, and you are its shores.

—Julia de BurgosPoet & Activist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

“
And the earth is your mother. She is in you and you are of her.

—Kahlil GibranPoet & Writer

Early Modern ERA • Middle East

“
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.

—F. Scott FitzgeraldNovelist & Essayist

Early Modern ERA • North America

“
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war.

—Ernest HemingwayNovelist & Journalist

Early Modern ERA • North America

“
One must be in love to write.

—Marina TsvetaevaPoet

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

“
We should not make distinctions between mothers, rich or poor.

—Edith CowanPolitician & Reformer

Early Modern ERA • Oceania

“
I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of what I have been.

—ColetteNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

“
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo.

—Richard WrightNovelist & Critic

Early Modern ERA • North America

Loading more...