Quotes by Raleigh, Sir Walter

The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected >>

No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women. >>

Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whet >>

Quotations about Death and Dying

Men must endure, their going hence even as their coming hither. Ripene >>

All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs >>

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let >>

O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet!

Raleigh, Sir Walter