Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 April 1599
god powder proverbs trust
Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry.
god
God made them as stubble to our swords.
hard-work trust-in-god bowels
Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open.
god names done-with-you
You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
men fear-god
Because I fear God, I have no man to fear.
god historian shaking
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
i-have-learned fear-god ifs
I have learned that if you fear God, you have no one else to fear.
shall
What shall we do with this bauble? There, take it away.
desire flatter freely mr otherwise paint pay picture remark skill warts
Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture freely like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it
crown cut head
We will cut off his (the king's) head with the crown on it
break greatest hath imaginary known law men necessity providence rules
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities . . . are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
high knows man rises
No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes.
dry powder sure trust
Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry
fact good
We are Englishmen; that is one good fact