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The world is itself but a larger prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.
Walter Raleigh
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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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Death, which hateth and destroyeth a man, is believed God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred.
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But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.
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'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you.
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But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.
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The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.
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Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue.
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Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
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God is absolutely good and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.
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Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity.
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Fain would I, but I dare not I dare, and yet I may not I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I play not.
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It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest.
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What is our life? A play of passion. Our mirth the music of division. Our mother's wombs the tyring houses be, Where we are drest for this short Comedy.
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To live thy better, let thy worst thoughts die.
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But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one to bid him go. When lips invite, And eyes delight, And cheeks as fresh as rose in June, Persuade delay,-- What boots to say Forego me now, come to me soon.
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