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title: "43 17th century Quotes by 37 authors"
description: "Browse 43 17th century quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best 17th century sayings and thoughts."
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> [Composers can do things that weren't allowed in the 17th century. Until we had composers like Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/composers-can-do-things-that-weren-t-allowed-in-the-17th-century/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

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> [I think we as Americans know there's a much better alternative than the 17th century practice of burning rocks to power our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy-jr/i-think-we-as-americans-know-there-s-a-much-better-alternative-than/)

[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy-jr/)

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> [The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-olasky/the-data-however-do-indicate-that-christians-who-see-jews-through-a/)

[Marvin Olasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-olasky/)

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> [I live in the 17th century. I don't have a computer. I don't look at the internet. I use a cellphone, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/i-live-in-the-17th-century-i-don-t-have-a-computer-i-don-t-look-at/)

[Iris Apfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-apfel/)

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> [“It combined corrupt simplicity with delicate ferocity, a curious variety of civilization; a tiger with a simper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-combined-corrupt-simplicity-with-delicate-ferocity-a-curious/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [I'd share a pic if the digital camera battery wasn't as flat as 17th century Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-haynes/i-d-share-a-pic-if-the-digital-camera-battery-wasn-t-as-flat-as-17th/)

[Simon Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-haynes/)

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> [Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kary-mullis/each-of-us-have-things-and-thoughts-and-descriptions-of-an-amazing/)

[Kary Mullis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kary-mullis/)

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> [You go back to the 17th century, the commercial and industrial centers of the world were China and India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-go-back-to-the-17th-century-the-commercial-and-industrial-centers/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/recently-i-was-reading-somewhere-or-other-an-italian-curio-dealer-who/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [I'm from Holland and the history of "Admiral" is something you would read about when you're at school. Nobody knows about these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roel-reine/i-m-from-holland-and-the-history-of-admiral-is-something-you-would/)

[Roel Reine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roel-reine/)

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> [“But such is the nature of the concept of tolerance. It evolves. Every generation puts its own limitations on it, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russel-shorto/but-such-is-the-nature-of-the-concept-of-tolerance-it-evolves-every/)

[Russel Shorto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russel-shorto/)

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> [The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy-jr/the-technologies-for-the-alternative-energy-sources-exists-today-the/)

[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy-jr/)

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> [One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-greenblatt/one-of-my-favorite-writers-is-michel-de-montaigne-my-wife-gave-me-a/)

[Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-greenblatt/)

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> [I don't think I would have been great in the 17th century. I would have enjoyed the frocks, and certainly some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-don-t-think-i-would-have-been-great-in-the-17th-century-i-would/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

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> [With Brexit, and I think the extraordinary strain it's put on our constitution and our representative democracy, I do sometimes feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicky-morgan/with-brexit-and-i-think-the-extraordinary-strain-it-s-put-on-our/)

[Nicky Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicky-morgan/)

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> [From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-seidler/from-the-early-days-of-european-migration-to-america-in-the-17th/)

[Harry Seidler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-seidler/)

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> [The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-worsley/the-word-crap-is-actually-another-word-that-s-very-very-old-it-was/)

[Lucy Worsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-worsley/)

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> [Unfortunately, 19th-century scientists were just as ready to jump to the conclusion that any guess about nature was an obvious fact, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/unfortunately-19th-century-scientists-were-just-as-ready-to-jump-to/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Modernity is the ensemble of changes - intellectual, political, economic, social, cultural, technological, aesthetic - that have altered the world drastically since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-scialabba/modernity-is-the-ensemble-of-changes-intellectual-political-economic/)

[George Scialabba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-scialabba/)

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> [17th century philosophers were not in a position to understand the mind as well as we can today, since the advent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/17th-century-philosophers-were-not-in-a-position-to-understand-the/)

[Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/)

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> [Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can't wait to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-stein/heaven-is-totally-overrated-it-seems-boring-clouds-listening-to/)

[Joel Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-stein/)

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> [The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-s-monson/the-spirit-must-be-freed-from-tethers-so-strong-and-feelings-never/)

[Thomas S. Monson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-s-monson/)

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> [ \[17th-century\] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-sommerville/17th-century-puritans-were-the-first-modern-parents-like-many-of-us/)

[C. Sommerville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-sommerville/)

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> [What we argue in the piece is that the headscarf has become a political symbol for an ideology of Islam that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asra-nomani/what-we-argue-in-the-piece-is-that-the-headscarf-has-become-a/)

[Asra Nomani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asra-nomani/)

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> [I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-o-connell/i-ve-had-the-good-fortune-of-studying-the-17th-century-art-of/)

[Jack O'Connell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-o-connell/)

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> [Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-duhigg/since-the-17th-century-insurance-agents-have-been-the-foremost/)

[Charles Duhigg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-duhigg/)

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> [In these old houses, I mean, we're here in the 17th century part of the palace and I can really belt out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/princess-michael-of-kent/in-these-old-houses-i-mean-we-re-here-in-the-17th-century-part-of-the/)

[Princess Michael of Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/princess-michael-of-kent/)

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> [Our Western science, ever since the 17th century, has been obsessed with the notion of control, of man dominating nature. This obsession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritjof-capra/our-western-science-ever-since-the-17th-century-has-been-obsessed/)

[Fritjof Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritjof-capra/)

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> [Religion is a practical discipline and in the 17th century in the West, we turned it onto a head trip. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/religion-is-a-practical-discipline-and-in-the-17th-century-in-the/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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> [You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/you-cannot-gauge-the-intelligence-of-an-american-by-talking-with-him/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [Literate households in the 17th century would have had the Bible, John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress," and a couple of other books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-greenblatt/literate-households-in-the-17th-century-would-have-had-the-bible-john/)

[Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-greenblatt/)

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> [If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-nielsen/if-you-go-back-to-the-17th-century-scientists-generally-weren-t/)

[Michael Nielsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-nielsen/)

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> [Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/yes-i-would-agree-that-america-just-like-spain-was-in-the-17th/)

[Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/)

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> [Up until the 17th century, Germany was far more advanced, but then everything devastated by the 30 Years War began to fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-g-sebald/up-until-the-17th-century-germany-was-far-more-advanced-but-then/)

[W. G. Sebald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-g-sebald/)

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> [Aristotle saw nature as intelligent and purposive, whereas for the Epicureans, and the 17th century 'mechanical' philosophers, there is no intentionality in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-wilson/aristotle-saw-nature-as-intelligent-and-purposive-whereas-for-the/)

[Catherine Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-wilson/)

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> [By the mid-17th century, telescopes had improved enough to make visible the seasonally growing and shrinking polar ice caps on Mars, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/by-the-mid-17th-century-telescopes-had-improved-enough-to-make/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [I live in the Dark Ages, the 17th century. Actually, I would have loved to be in Paris in the early 20th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/i-live-in-the-dark-ages-the-17th-century-actually-i-would-have-loved/)

[Iris Apfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-apfel/)

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> [Technologically I live in the 17th century. I have a very simple cell phone. I say I live through the kindness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/technologically-i-live-in-the-17th-century-i-have-a-very-simple-cell/)

[Iris Apfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-apfel/)

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> [Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-seidler/borne-out-of-this-starting-around-the-17th-century-was-the-baroque/)

[Harry Seidler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-seidler/)

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> [I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-smart/i-would-love-to-do-a-period-piece-in-the-18th-or-17th-century-to-me/)

[Amy Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-smart/)

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