Quotes by Raleigh, Sir Walter

All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, >>

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and f >>

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

Quotations about Extremes and Extremists

It is the nature of men having escaped one extreme, which by force the >>

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of ex >>

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that >>

It is the nature of men having escaped one extreme, which by force they were constrained long to endure, to run headlong into the other extreme, forgetting that virtue doth always consist in the mean.

Raleigh, Sir Walter