Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleighwas an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He was cousin to Sir Richard Grenville and younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth22 January 1552
perseverance hands enemy
Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.
history ends valour
Let valour end my life!
dead durable fire itself love mind
Love is a durable fire in the mind ever burning; never sick, never old, never dead from itself never turning.
esteemed fools garments gay man women
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women
daily itself large led
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
follow happily history modern near shall strike truth
Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth.
deed lavish sign speaking words
Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed
head heart lies matters
If the heart be right, it matters not which way the head lies
ask cannot questions wish
In examinations, those who do now wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.
difference eats former hen latter man poor rich
The difference between a rich man and a poor man, is this - the former eats hen when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it
believed gain lying nor speak trusted truth
The gain of lying is, not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we speak the truth
coward cowardice
Better it were not to live than to live a coward.
god men understanding
There never was a man of solid understanding, whose apprehensions are sober, and by a pensive inspection advised, but that he hath found by an irresistible necessity one true God and everlasting being.
men littles felons
When a felon's not engaged in his employment Or maturing his felonious little plans His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any honest man's Ah! When constabulary duty's to be done A policeman's lot is not a happy one.