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Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue.
Walter Raleigh
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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.
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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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Except thou desire to hasten thine end, take this for a general rule, that thou never add any artificial heat to thy body by wine or spice.
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Never spend anything before thou have it for borrowing is the canker and death of every man's estate.
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... but the longest day hath its evening.
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Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust.
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Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings.
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Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.
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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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I wish I loved the Human Race I wish I loved its silly face I wish I liked the way it walks I wish I liked the way it talks And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!
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Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.
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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 useful type of successful teacher is one whose main interest is the children, not the subject.
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Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.
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