Quotes from authors passed in 1774
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
Oliver Goldsmith
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
Oliver Goldsmith
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Oliver Goldsmith
Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated.
Francois Quesnay
Kurt Waldheim 
Joan D. Vinge 
Judd Nelson 
Roma Downey 
Susan Dey 
Don Young 
Paul Walker 
Zoe Saldana