Quotes from authors passed in 1786
Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to compose), were performed.
Moses Mendelssohn
He who defends everything defends nothing.
Frederick II
Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.
Moses Mendelssohn
Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.
Moses Mendelssohn
Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.
Moses Mendelssohn
Pam Grier 
Hermann Goering 
Sinclair Lewis 
Robert Burns 
Ron Carter 
Cat Stevens 
Clyde Tombaugh 
Henryk Sienkiewicz