I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me. Walter Raleigh More Quotes by Walter Raleigh More Quotes From Walter Raleigh Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds. Walter Raleigh vanitydeedstalking 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 navyseaworld But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. Walter Raleigh easterdustearth The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness. Walter Raleigh lightgracemind 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 desirememoriesyears It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport. Walter Raleigh travel-the-worldopinionworld If all the world and love were young, Walter Raleigh world-and-lovelifemoving Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice. Walter Raleigh damagelossmen But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning. Walter Raleigh weddingloveromantic All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered. Walter Raleigh occasionsevilmen Better it were not to live than to live a coward. Walter Raleigh cowardicecoward [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 tyrantsmeanpeople So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth. Walter Raleigh matterheartway If thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year. Walter Raleigh lastsbeautyyears This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries. Walter Raleigh physiciansmedicinedeath 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-deathspeechmen 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 sillyfunlove 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 evilintegritymen 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 powermenmean Our immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude. Walter Raleigh righteoustitlessoul
