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

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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world.
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Better it were not to live than to live a coward.
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The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.
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Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue.
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He that doth 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.
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The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.
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There is no error which hath not some appearance of probability resembling truth, which, when men who study to be singular find out, straining reason, they then publish to the world matter of contention and jangling.
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Bad language or abuse, I never, never use, Whatever the emergency Though 'Bother it' I may Occasionally say, I never use a big, big D : What, never? : No, never! : What never? : Well, hardly ever! : Hardly ever swears a big, big D Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the well-bred Captain of the Pinafore!
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What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!
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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.
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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.
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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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Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.
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Our bodies are but the anvils of pain and disease and our minds the hives of unnumbered cares.
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War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune.
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... but the longest day hath its evening.
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Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.
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A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.
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Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice.
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Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude.
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