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William Alexander 1st Earl Of Stirling Inspirational Quotes (8)

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How some dare scorn (as if a fabulous lie) that they should rise whom death to dust doth bind -- and like to beasts, a beastly life they lead, who naught attend save death when they are dead.
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Not beauty, no, but virtue rais'd my fires, whose sacred flame did cherish chaste desires.
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Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please -- the one yields glory, and the other ease.
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The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.
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While as he yet doth breath extend, no man is blest behold the end.
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The weaker sex, to piety more prone.
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The weaker sex, to piety more prone, by rare examples, oft have been renown'd. When many murders were bewail'd by none, an isles whole men in blood by women drown'd.
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No town can keep a man, but men keep towns.
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling