Sir Walter Raleigh (/ ' r l i /, / ' r æ l i /, or / ' r l i / ; c. 1554 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England.
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All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto either by force or fraud, and what they have by... Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment
Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred. Go to Quote / Comment
Hatreds are the cinders of affection. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment