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Quotes by era

When a quote was said changes what it means. Browse from the ancient world to the present.

Greek and Roman thinkers, scripture and the oldest sayings still in use.

Poets, saints and scholars of the Middle Ages.

Shakespeare, Montaigne, Bacon and Descartes: the age that gave English many of its sayings.

Revolutions, founding documents and the philosophers behind them.

Lincoln, Dickinson, Thoreau, Twain and the great Victorian writers.

Two world wars and a depression produced some of the most quoted speeches ever given.

Civil rights, the space race and the Cold War.

Commencement speeches, founders and the quotes of our own time.