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Quotes from authors passed in 1792
 
 
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
John Paul Jones
Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing.
Joshua Reynolds
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.
Joshua Reynolds
I have not yet begun to fight!
John Paul Jones
My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast as any man, no man can possibly have a greater reluctance to an intimacy with Sir William Howe than my Self.
Henry Laurens
Authors that died in 1792
 
 
Charles Simon Favart 1 quote
 
John Paul Jones 6 quotes
 
Henry Laurens 4 quotes
 
George Mason 19 quotes
 
Lord North 2 quotes
 
Joshua Reynolds 12 quotes