1694

Explore 4 quotes from the year 1694

The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers... I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.

Matsuo Basho

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Topic

Wanderlust Eternity

Author

Matsuo Basho

Source

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Genre

Travel writing

Language

Japanese

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Original Citation

Basho, Matsuo. おくのほそ道 [The Narrow Road to the Deep North]. Tokyo, 1702.

Current Citation

Basho, Matsuo. "The Narrow Road to the Deep North." The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa. Penguin Classics, 1967.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have below.

Joseph Addison

Read A Song for St. Cecilia's Day at allpoetry.com

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Topic

Music

Author

Joseph Addison

Source

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Citation

Addison, Joseph. "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, at Oxford." 1694.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

John Dryden

To My Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve, On His Comedy Called The Double-Dealer

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Topic

Genius

Author

John Dryden

Source

To My Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve, On His Comedy Called The Double-Dealer

Language

English

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Original Citation

Dryden, John. "To My Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve, On His Comedy Called The Double-Dealer." 1694, I. 60.

Current Citation

John Dryden. "To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve (1694)." John Dryden: Selected Writings, edited by Steven N. Zwicker. Oxford University Press, 2020.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Richard Franck

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Topic

Invention Creativity

Author

Richard Franck

Language

English

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

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Citation

Franck, Richard. Northern Memoirs: Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. London: Henry Mortclock, 1694.