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Sir Walter Raleigh Quotes


For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself. Sir Walter Raleigh 177
Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds. Sir Walter Raleigh Goodness 110
Use your youth so that you may have comfort to remember it when it has forsaken you, and not sigh and grieve at the account thereof. Sir Walter Raleigh Youth 94
All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered. Sir Walter Raleigh Evil 89
Hatreds are the cinders of affection. Sir Walter Raleigh Hate 79
There is nothing exempt from the peril of mutation; the earth, heavens, and whole world is thereunto subject. Sir Walter Raleigh Change 71
Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred. Sir Walter Raleigh Manners 68
He that does not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil. Sir Walter Raleigh Integrity 68
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish. Sir Walter Raleigh Judging 64
War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune. Sir Walter Raleigh War 58
No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women. Sir Walter Raleigh Fashion 51
Go, Soul, the body Sir Walter Raleigh Soul 42
The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution. Sir Walter Raleigh World 37
But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so does a flatterer a friend. Sir Walter Raleigh Flattery 36
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest. Sir Walter Raleigh Honesty 35
It is the nature of men having escaped one extreme, which by force they were constrained long to endure, to run headlong into the other extreme, forgetting that virtue does always consist in the mean. Sir Walter Raleigh Fanaticism 33
Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year: and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all. Sir Walter Raleigh Beauty 27
Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be. Sir Walter Raleigh Government 26

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