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It is not truth but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto eithe...

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Hatreds are the cinders of affection.

A professional man of letters, especially if he is much at war with unscrupulous enenemies, is natur...

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Hatreds are the cinders of affection.

PASSIONS are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb;

False love, desire, and beauty frail, adieu! Dead is the root whence all these fancies grew.

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather...

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It is not truth but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto eithe...

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A professional man of letters, especially if he is much at war with unscrupulous enenemies, is natur...

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PASSIONS are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb;

False love, desire, and beauty frail, adieu! Dead is the root whence all these fancies grew.

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather...

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Walter Raleigh

Writer

Born: 1552-01-22

Died: 1618-10-29

Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 or 1554 – 29 October 1618) is famed as a writer, poet, spy, and explorer. Note that many alternate spellings of his surname exist, including Rawley, Ralegh, and Rawleigh; although "Raleigh" appears most commonly today, he himself used that spelling only once. His most consistent preference was for "Ralegh".More