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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so shadow and paint thy follies and vices as thou shalt never, by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue.
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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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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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Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
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Trust few men above all, keep your follies to yourself.
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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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Love likes not the falling fruit, Nor the withered tree.
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Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.
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