Best Walter Raleigh Quotes
- A professional man of letters, especially if he is much at war with unscrupulous enenemies, is naturally jealous of his privacy... so it was, I… Dryden
- Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over. Besides
- In a letter to a friend the thought is often unimportant, and the feeling, if it be only a desire to entertain him, every thing. Desire
- Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity. Beggar
- Let valour end my life! End
- Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself. Command
- The gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth. Any
- Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice. Befall
- 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… Dog
- 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… Bear
- 'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. Ails
- All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all… All
- 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… Assure
- Whoso desireth to govern well and securely, it behoveth him to have a vigilant eye to the proceedings of great princes, and to consider seriously… Behoveth
- To live thy better, let thy worst thoughts die. Better
- ... but the longest day hath its evening. Day
- The useful type of successful teacher is one whose main interest is the children, not the subject. Children
- Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred. Better
- No mortal thing can bear so high a price, But that with mortal thing it may be bought. Bear
- It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport. Opinion
- 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… Allure
- 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… Add
- Even such isTime, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust, Who in… Age
- In a word, we may gather out of History a policy no less wise than I eternal; by the comparison and application of other mens… Application
- Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth. Follow