Authors born between 1700 and 1800
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| Author (number of quotes) | Description |
| A | |
| Adams, John (2) | second President of the United States |
| Adams, John Quincy (1) | American politician |
| Austen, Jane (15) | English author |
| B | |
| Babbage, Charles (2) | English mathematician, philosopher, inventor |
| Balzac, Honoré de (2) | French author |
| Bancroft, George (1) | American historian and statesman |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (2) | German composer |
| Blake, William (7) | English poet and painter |
| Bonaparte, Napoleon (6) | French military and political leader |
| Börne, Ludwig (1) | German author |
| C | |
| Carlyle, Thomas (6) | Scottish-born author and historian |
| Chamfort, Nicolas (6) | French author |
| Channing, William E. (1) | American preacher |
| Chatterton, Thomas (1) | English poet |
| Colton, Charles Caleb (6) | English clergyman, author |
| Cowper, William (2) | English poet |
| Csokonai, Vitéz Mihály (4) | Hungarian poet |
| D | |
| Dalton, John (1) | English physicist and chemist |
| Diderot, Denis (3) | French philosopher |
| F | |
| Faraday, Michael (1) | English physicist and chemist |
| Fourier, Joseph (1) | French mathematician and physicist |
| Franklin, Benjamin (27) | American author, politician, philosopher, scientist |
| G | |
| Gauss, Carl Friedrich (2) | German mathematician and scientist |
| Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (15) | German author and poet |
| Goya, Francisco (1) | pen name of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter |
| H | |
| Heber, Reginald (1) | English bishop |
| Heine, Heinrich (2) | German poet, author, journalist |
| Hume, David (1) | Scottish philosopher and historian |
| I | |
| Irving, Washington (2) | American author and historian |
| J | |
| Jefferson, Thomas (9) | American president, lawyer, inventor |
| Johnson, Samuel (10) | English author and poet |
| Joubert, Joseph (5) | French moralist and essayist |
| K | |
| Kant, Immanuel (3) | German philosopher |
| Keats, John (2) | English poet |
| Kölcsey, Ferenc (1) | Hungarian poet |
| L | |
| LaGrange, Joseph-Louis (1) | Italian-born French mathematician and astronomer |
| Lamartine, Alphonse de (2) | French author and poet |
| Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1) | French mathematician, astronomer |
| M | |
| Macaulay, Thomas Babington (2) | English politician and author |
| Maistre, Joseph de (1) | Savoyard philosopher |
| Monroe, James (1) | American statesman |
| Montagu, Elizabeth (1) | English-born author |
| P | |
| Paine, Thomas (6) | English-American author and politician |
| Poisson, Siméon (1) | French mathematician |
| Q | |
| Quincey, Thomas de (1) | English author |
| R | |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (4) | French philosopher, author and composer |
| S | |
| Schlegel, Friedrich von (1) | German philosopher and author |
| Schopenhauer, Arthur (11) | German philosopher |
| Shelley, Mary (4) | English author |
| Shelley, Percy Bysshe (2) | English poet |
| Smith, Adam (1) | Scottish economist and philosopher |
| Southey, Robert (1) | English poet |
| V | |
| Volta, Alessandro (1) | Italian physicist |
| Vörösmarty, Mihály (4) | Hungarian poet, author |
| W | |
| Walker, John (1) | Scottish politician and scientist |
| Walpole, Horace (1) | pen name of Horatio Walpole, English author, politician |
| Washington, George (3) | 1st President of the United States |
| Whately, Richard (2) | English theologian and author |
| Wordsworth, William (2) | English poet |