Walter Raleigh Professions : Writer Born : January 22, 1552 Died : October 29, 1618 Browse All Authors Top 116 quotes by Walter Raleigh Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds. Walter Raleigh vanity deeds talking 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 navy sea world But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. Walter Raleigh easter dust earth The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness. Walter Raleigh light grace mind Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all. Walter Raleigh desire memories years It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport. Walter Raleigh travel-the-world opinion world If all the world and love were young, Walter Raleigh world-and-love life moving Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice. Walter Raleigh damage loss men But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning. Walter Raleigh wedding love romantic All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered. Walter Raleigh occasions evil men Better it were not to live than to live a coward. Walter Raleigh cowardice coward [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 tyrants mean people So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth. Walter Raleigh matter heart way If thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year. Walter Raleigh lasts beauty years This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries. Walter Raleigh physicians medicine death According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in the end shall find itself unfortunate; for in all that ever I observed in the course of worldly things, I ever found that men's fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues, and more men's fortunes overthrown thereby, also, than by their vices. Walter Raleigh life-and-death speech men I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! Walter Raleigh silly fun love He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil. Walter Raleigh evil integrity men All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto either by force or fraud, and what they have by craft or cruelty gained, to cover the foulness of their fact, they call purchase, as a name more honest. Howsoever, he that for want of will or wit useth not those means, must rest in servitude and poverty. Walter Raleigh power men mean Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude. Walter Raleigh righteous titles soul Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
