Robert Morris Quotes

1703–1754 England

Robert Morris (February 1703 – 12 November 1754) was an English architectural theorist, writer, and surveyor active in the eighteenth century. He contributed significantly to the Palladian revival through influential treatises and pattern books such as Lectures on Architecture (1734–1736) and Rural Architecture (1750), which helped disseminate classical design principles in Britain and colonial America.

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Man is but one Link in the great Concatenation of Beings, and to ufurp an Authority over any other part of the Chain is indeed Pride, rank Pride, and Haughtiness of Soul.

A Reasonable Plea for the Animal Creation (1746)

If I have any Virtues in me, or if there be such a distinguishing Characteristick in Man, they are chiefly a universal Love of my Fellow-creatures, placed here in concert with me to compleat the Harmony of the Universe.

A Reasonable Plea for the Animal Creation (1746)

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