Quotes from authors passed in 1729
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William Congreve
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
William Congreve
To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
William Congreve
To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude.
Richard Steele
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.
William Congreve
Don Henley 
Vivienne Westwood 
D. L. Hughley 
Mariska Hargitay 
Stephen Hadley 
Edvard Munch 
Babatunde Olatunji 
Joe Henderson