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Better it were not to live than to live a coward.
Walter Raleigh
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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.
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Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.
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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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The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.
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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.
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The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good King George's glorious days!
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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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God is absolutely good and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.
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Who so desireth to know what will be hereafter, let him think of what is past, for the world hath ever been in a circular revolution whatsoever is now, was heretofore and things past or present, are no other than such as shall be again: Redit orbis in orbem.
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To live thy better, let thy worst thoughts die.
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I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.
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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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It were better for a man to be subject to any vice than to drunkenness for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness.
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Desire attained is not desire, But as the cinders of the fire.
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Use your youth so that you may have comfort to remember it when it has forsaken you, and not sigh and grieve at the account thereof.
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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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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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Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.
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