Sir Walter Raleigh Famous Quotes
"But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning Never sick, never old, never dead From itself never turning."
"'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. -- last words before his beheadding"
All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.
"The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it."
"Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all."
"Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied."
Sir Walter Raleigh Quotations
"Words must be weighed, not counted."
Polish Proverb
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
Abraham Lincoln
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda it is a form of truth.
John F Kennedy
"There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds."
Kathe Kollwitz
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H G Wells
Why not be oneself That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a Pekinese
Edith Sitwell
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
"A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else."
Andre Malraux
"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent."
Vincent Van Gogh
"A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does."
Lewis Blaine Hershey