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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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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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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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But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
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Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.
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Desire attained is not desire, But as the cinders of the fire.
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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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Passions are liken'd best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb So, when affection yields discourse, it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come. They that are rich in words, in words discover
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Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane if in the second, dangerous if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.
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But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.
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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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The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war.
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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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An anthology is like all the plums and orange peel picked out of a cake.
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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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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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