Erasmus Darwin Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

5 Famous Quotes by Erasmus Darwin
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“Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same.”
Evolution Quotes
Source: Botanic Garden (pt. I, canto IV, l. 389)
“And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.”
Moon Quotes
Source: Botanic Garden (pt. I, canto II, l. 90)
“No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars. Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.”
Tears Quotes
Source: The Botanic Garden (pt. II, canto III, l. 459)
“Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air.”
Navigation Quotes
Source: The Botanic Garden (pt. I, 1, 289)
“He who allows oppression shares the crime.”
Society Quotes