John Ray Quotes

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John Ray, born on November 29, 1627, and died on January 17, 1705, was a renowned British botanist and naturalist. He made significant contributions to the development of botanical taxonomy.

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“Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.”

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Author:John Ray

“Children, when they are little, they make parents fools; when great, mad.”

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Book:A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages. And a Complete Alphabetical Index

Source: A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages. And a Complete Alphabetical Index