Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about Mary Knowles
Mary Knowles Quotes
1 Sourced Quote
Source
Report...
He gets at the substance of a book directly; he tears out the heart of it.
Of Samuel Johnson
Mary Knowles
Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
Mary Knowles
Born:
1733
Died:
1807
(aged 74)
Bio:
Mary Knowles, née Morris, was an English Quaker poet and abolitionist.
Mary Knowles on Wikipedia
Suggest an edit or a new quote
British Poet Quotes
Poet Quotes
18th-century Poet Quotes
18th-century Women
Women Poets
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes