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Our souls, piercing through the impurity of flesh, behold the highest heaven, and thence bring knowledge to contemplate the ever during, glory and termless joy (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art: let them therefore be wise and virtuous, and none of those that follow thee for gain; but make election rather of thy betters, than thy inferiors (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Death, which hateth and destroyeth a man, is believed; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Take special care that thou never trust any friend or servant with any matter that may endanger thine estate; for so shalt thou make thyself a bond slave to him that thou trustest, and leave thyself always to his mercy (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
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 (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
The mind hath not reason to remember that passions ought to be her vassals, not her masters (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
It is observed in the course of worldly things, that men's fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues; and more men's fortunes overthrown thereby than by vices (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
It were better for a man to be subject to any vice than to drunkenness; for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
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 (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, the fourth for madness (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
If thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
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 (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
The useful type of successful teacher is one whose main interest is the children, not the subject (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
The gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
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! (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Never spend anything before thou have it; for borrowing is the canker and death of every man’s estate (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess (Walter Raleigh Quotes)
Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all (Walter Raleigh Quotes)