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-- Sir Edmund Hillary

English 18th Century Quotes

Don't halloo till you are out of the wood. -late 18th



First impressions are the most lasting. -early 18th



No man is a hero to his valet. -mid 18th



The devil looks after his own. -early 18th



Distance lends enchantment to the view. -late 18th



A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men. -early 18th



A fool at forty is a fool indeed. -early 18th; Young



When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent. -mid 18th



Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. -mid 18th



Keep your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws. -early 18th



Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. -early 18th



Nothing for nothing. -early 18th



Obey orders, if you break owners. -late 18th



Learning is better than house and land. -late 18th