John Ray
John Ray
John Raywas an English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEnvironmentalist
Date of Birth29 November 1627
water cold good-words
Good words cool more than cold water.
cynical too-much dies
They love too much that die for love.
horse thinking poor-richard
The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another
beautiful stupid men
A wonder then it must needs be,-that there should be any Man found so stupid and forsaken of reason as to persuade himself, that this most beautiful and adorned world was or could be produced by the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
taken global-warming communism
Global warming has taken the place of Communism as an absurdity that 'liberals' will defend to the death regardless of the evidence showing its folly.
military hammers praying
Pray devoutly, but hammer stoutly.
cat tails higher
The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail.
writing ink use
He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.
summer rain july
If the first of July be rainy weather, It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
doors giving charity
The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window.
waste
Spend and be free, but make no waste.
butterfly eye men
The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields.
money made hearted
Money was made for the free-hearted and generous.
manners fortune
Manners make often fortunes.