“There are few writers of note, of any country or of any age, from whom quotations might not be made in proof of the love with which they regarded Nature.” MadeCountryMightAgeNotesProofQuotations Author:Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
“It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a simile, or a quotation of an Author, passes for a mighty argument.... This weakness and effeminacy of mankind in being persuaded where they are delighted, have made them the sport of orators, poets, and men of wit.” MenMadeSportsPiecesMankindPoetWeaknessArgumentWitReasoningSurprisingQuotationsSuperficialSimileDelightedJestOratorsInconsequential Book:The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Source: The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians