First English Quotes
- A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more forceful for its… — Donna Jo Napoli
- Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's Ash?arite… — Peter Adamson
- I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s.… — Michael Moore
- In 1628 came the first English attack on Canada. — Harry Johnston
- His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners… — Peter Ackroyd