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«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!»
«Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall»
Author: Walter Raleigh, Sr.
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fain
«I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me»
«For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself»
Author: Walter Raleigh, Sr.
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consequently
«Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity»
«Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed»
«No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women»
Author: Walter Raleigh, Sr.
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esteemed
«Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.»
«War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune.»
Author: Walter Raleigh, Sr.
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disorder
«All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.»
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