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Walter Raleigh Quotes: All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.
         

All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.


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Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.



But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.



If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.



But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.



The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.



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 a flatterer a friend.

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 a flatterer a friend.



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

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



So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.



It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.



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.

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.





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A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.

A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.



By lunchtime the valley was lightly coated, like a cake with confectioner's sugar...there was white fur on the antlers of the iron deer and on the melancholy boughs of the Norway spruce.

By lunchtime the valley was lightly coated, like a cake with confectioner's sugar...there was white fur on the antlers of the iron deer and on the melancholy boughs of the Norway spruce.



By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.

By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.



Replies began arriving seconds after he pressed send, and soon every single one of the warriors (besides William) had agreed to come home. Take me out of your address book, William

Replies began arriving seconds after he pressed send, and soon every single one of the warriors (besides William) had agreed to come home. Take me out of your address book, William



One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.

One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.



Every time you drink an inferior bottle, it is as if you took a fine bottle and smashed it against a wall. You can't get that bottle back!

Every time you drink an inferior bottle, it is as if you took a fine bottle and smashed it against a wall. You can't get that bottle back!



Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have.

Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have.



I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.

I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.



First you have to do all that you can do, and then you have to learn non-doing. The doing of the non-doing is the greatest doing, and the effort of effortlessness is the greatest effort.

First you have to do all that you can do, and then you have to learn non-doing. The doing of the non-doing is the greatest doing, and the effort of effortlessness is the greatest effort.



There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.




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