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No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women.

Walter Raleigh

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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.
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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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