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
punishment sin
Many without punishment, none without sin.
war devil chaplains
He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.
cat hot
To go like a cat upon a hot bakestone.
wine water swim
Fish must swim thrice--once is the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.
death heart lasts
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
laughter firsts lasts
Better the last smile than the first laughter.
military hammers praying
Pray devoutly, but hammer stoutly.
love misery company
Misery loves company.
jealousy jealous guilt
Guilt is always jealous
liberty slavery fats
Lean liberty is better than fat slavery
tree walnuts spaniels
A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be.
horse wish might
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
memories science use
A multitude of words doth rather obscure than illustrate, they being a burden to the memory, and the first apt to be forgotten, before we come to the last. So that he that uses many words for the explaining of any subject, doth, like the cuttle-fish, hide himself, for the most part, in his own ink.
disease pleasure taxes
Diseases are the tax on pleasures.