He was universally belov'd, Hospitable, Generous, Learned in many things, skill'd in Musick, a very greate Cherisher of Learned men of whom he had the conversation. (John Evelyn)

He was universally belov'd, Hospitable, Generous, Learned in many things, skill'd in Musick, a very greate Cherisher of Learned men of whom he had the conversation.

John Evelyn

Related topics

conversation men things

Related quotes

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them. View quote
Frank Sinatra
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things which lifts human life a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. View quote
Steven Weinberg
The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were and ask "why not?" View quote
John F. Kennedy
Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. View quote
Le Corbusier
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. View quote
Oscar Wilde