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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'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. -- last words before his beheadding Go to Quote / Comment
PASSIONS are liken'd best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb; So, when affection yields discourse, it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come. They that are rich in words, in words discover That they are poor in that which makes a lover. Go to Quote / Comment
The sun may set and rise: But we contrariwise Sleep after our short light One everlasting night. Go to Quote / Comment
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest. Go to Quote / Comment
Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant:... Go to Quote / Comment