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
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.
Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.
men honor occupation
There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and goodness of God.
fall tree firsts
The tree falls not at the first stroke.
men praise every-man
Every man praises his own wares.
passion health mean
One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted with immoderate cares.
deserve
He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one
heart warm
When friends meet, hearts warm.
sheep advice foolish
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his counselor.
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.
evil
That which is evil is soon learned.