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Walter Raleigh was an English writer, explorer, soldier, and politician. He is renowned for his poetry, such as 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd', and his involvement in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony in North America. Raleigh served as a courtier to Elizabeth I and later became a favorite of King James I.

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Famous Walter Raleigh Quotes

“Except thou desire to hasten thine end, take this for a general rule, that thou never add any artificial heat to thy body by wine or spice.”

Ends Body Desire Wine Add Heat Artificial Spices Temperance

Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh: Kt. Political, Commercial, and Philosophical; Together with His Letters and Poems. The Whole Never Before Collected Together, and Some Never Yet Printed. To which is Prefix'd, a New Account of His Life by Tho. Birch

Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh: Kt. Political, Commercial, and Philosophical; Together with His Letters and Poems. The Whole Never Before Collected Together, and Some Never Yet Printed. To which is Prefix'd, a New Account of His Life by Tho. Birch

“The longer it possesseth a man the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth the more he shall be subject to it; for it dulleth the spirits, and destroyeth the body as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm that engendereth in the kernal of the nut.”

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Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works

Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works

“Our bodies are but the anvils of pain and disease and our minds the hives of unnumbered cares.”

Life Mind Body Care Pain Disease Hives Anvils

Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., Now First Collected: -7. The history of the world

Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., Now First Collected: -7. The history of the world

“The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war.”

Men May War Body

Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh

Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh