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
men doe
Man does what he can, and God what he will.
wise men wind
The wind in a man's face makes him wise.
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.
men praise every-man
Every man praises his own wares.
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.
wise adversity men
Adversity makes men wise but not rich.
wise adversity men
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
men sea pilots
In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
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.
philosophy philosophical men
Who depends on another man's table often dines late.
party men ignorant
The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant.
honesty men luck
The honester the man, the worse luck.
sweet animal men
There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is the spectacle of a table served that way and what a difference to a make up of fuming animal meat, slaughtered and dead! Man in no way has the constitution of a carnivorous being. Hunt and voracity are unnatural to him. Man has neither the sharp pointed teeth or claws to slaughter his prey. On the contrary his hands are made to pick fruits, berries and vegetables and teeth appropriate to chew them.
best cards consists holding home knows luck luckiest rise true
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home