Attributed quotes — Walter Raleigh
1550–1618 England
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The world itself is but a larger prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.
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So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.
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Fame's but a hollow echo; gold, pure clay;
Honour, the darling but of one short day,
Beauty—th' eye's idol—but a damasked skin;
State, but a golden prison to live in
And torture free-born minds.
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Why dost thou not strike? Strike, man!
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If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
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What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!
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What is our life? A play of passion;
our mirth: the music of division;
our mother's wombs: the tiring houses be
where we are dressed for this short comedy.
Heaven the judicious sharp spectator is
that sits and marks still who doth act amiss.
Our graves that hide us from the searching sun
are like drawn curtains when the play is done.
Thus march we playing to our latest rest,
only we die in earnest, that's no jest.
Attributed On the Life of Man (1612)