Quotes by author

Writers whose words appear in the app, with the lines we show here.

• Henry David ThoreauAmerican essayist and naturalist (1817-1862), author of Walden.29 quotes
• Samuel SmilesScottish author (1812-1904) whose book Self-Help made him a Victorian bestseller.20 quotes
• Ralph Waldo EmersonAmerican essayist and poet (1803-1882), a leading voice of Transcendentalism.17 quotes
• Michel de MontaigneFrench essayist (1533-1592) who made the personal essay a form.8 quotes
• Kahlil GibranLebanese-American poet and artist (1883-1931), author of The Prophet.7 quotes
• Mark TwainAmerican writer and humorist (1835-1910), author of Tom Sawyer.6 quotes
• Walt WhitmanAmerican poet (1819-1892), author of Leaves of Grass.6 quotes
• Marcus AureliusRoman emperor and Stoic philosopher (121-180), author of the Meditations.6 quotes
• George EliotEnglish novelist (1819-1880), author of Middlemarch.5 quotes
• George GissingEnglish novelist (1857-1903), author of New Grub Street.5 quotes
• Robert Louis StevensonScottish novelist and essayist (1850-1894), author of Treasure Island.5 quotes
• AristotleGreek philosopher (384-322 BC), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander.5 quotes
• Olive SchreinerSouth African author and thinker (1855-1920).5 quotes
• Herman MelvilleAmerican novelist (1819-1891), author of Moby-Dick.4 quotes
• Oscar WildeIrish writer and playwright (1854-1900).4 quotes
• Henry FordAmerican industrialist (1863-1947), founder of Ford Motor Company.4 quotes
• William MorrisEnglish designer, writer and craftsman (1834-1896).4 quotes
• William JamesAmerican philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910).4 quotes
• Frederick DouglassAmerican writer, orator and abolitionist (1818-1895).3 quotes
• Theodore RooseveltTwenty-sixth President of the United States (1858-1919) and author.3 quotes

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