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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

“If thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year.”

Ifs Years Lasts Beauty Please Thee Thyself

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“It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest.”

Ifs Men Would Be Wise Honest Honesty Safe Advantage Unspeakable

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

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

“The best time for marriage will be towards thirty, for as the younger times are unfit, either to choose or to govern a wife and family, so, if thou stay long, thou shalt hardly see the education of thy children, who, being left to strangers, are in effect lost; and better were it to be unborn than ill-bred; for thereby thy posterity shall either perish, or remain a shame to thy name.”

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Author:Walter Raleigh

“If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.”

Ifs Giving Art Desire Fool Presses Bounds Stranger Harm Thee Swim Spares Estates Merchants

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

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

“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.”

Ifs Men Giving Made Desire All Things Presses Burden Ass Thee Spares

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

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

“If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.”

Ifs World Life Might Moving Young Pleasure And Love Tongue Thee Love Life Shepherds World And Love

Author:Walter Raleigh

“If she undervalues me, What care I how fair she be?”

Ifs Care Fairs Pale Famous Love

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Raleigh (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Raleigh (Illustrated)

“Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.”

Ifs Years Lasts Remember Desire Memories Please Affection Satisfied Thee Thyself

Author:Walter Raleigh

“Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.”

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Book:Miscellaneous works

Source: Miscellaneous works

“If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy counsel, because they have more to lose than thou hast; the second, they will esteem thee for thyself, and not for that which thou dost possess.”

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Book:Miscellaneous works

Source: Miscellaneous works

“A professional man of letters, especially if he is much at war with unscrupulous enemies, is naturally jealous of his privacy; he will be silent on his more personal interests, or, if he must speak, will veil them under conventional forms.”

Ifs Thinking Men War Letters Privacy Jealous

Author:Walter Raleigh

“In a letter to a friend the thought is often unimportant, and the feeling, if it be only a desire to entertain him, every thing.”

Ifs Feelings Desire Friendship Letters Unimportant

Author:Walter Raleigh