Quotes by Raleigh, Sir Walter

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words >>

O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast >>

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the >>

Quotations about Discretion

For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but h >>

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Never say oops in the operating room. >>

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.

Raleigh, Sir Walter