Dross Quotes by Walter Raleigh

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

— Walter Raleigh

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so…

— Walter Raleigh

Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so…

— Walter Raleigh

Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.

— Walter Raleigh

The world is itself but a larger prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.

— Walter Raleigh

Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth.

— Walter Raleigh

Fain would I, but I dare not; I dare, and yet I may not; I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I…

— Walter Raleigh

And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

— Walter Raleigh

The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.

— Walter Raleigh

An anthology is like all the plums and orange peel picked out of a cake.

— Walter Raleigh

Corrupt seeds bring forth corrupt plants.

— Walter Raleigh

No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the…

— Walter Raleigh

In a word, we may gather out of History a policy no less wise than I eternal; by the comparison and application of other…

— Walter Raleigh

Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings.

— Walter Raleigh

Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.

— Walter Raleigh