Quote

Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.

Walter Raleigh

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
Explorer
Knight
Poet
Politician
Spy
Writer
East Budleigh
Devon
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Ralegh
Walter Ralegh
Walter
Sir Raleigh
Bred
Unborn
Ill
Manners
Better

More quotes by Walter Raleigh

Image
If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.
Walter Raleigh
Image
But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.
Walter Raleigh
Image
An anthology is like all the plums and orange peel picked out of a cake.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.
Walter Raleigh
Image
It is plain there is not in nature a point of stability to be found everything either ascends or declines when wars are ended abroad, sedition begins at home and when men are freed from fighting for necessity, they quarrel through ambition.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.
Walter Raleigh
Image
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.
Walter Raleigh
Image
There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art: let them therefore be wise and virtuous, and none of those that follow thee for gain but make election rather of thy betters, than thy inferiors.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Death, which hateth and destroyeth a man, is believed God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
Walter Raleigh
Image
If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.
Walter Raleigh
Image
It is, it is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.
Walter Raleigh
Image
The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.
Walter Raleigh
Image
[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
Walter Raleigh
Image
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.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.
Walter Raleigh
Image
Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.
Walter Raleigh