Philosophical literatureWhoso taketh in hand to frame any state or government, ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.Sir Walter Raleigh1618★ 3.6
PoemPassions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.Sir Walter Raleigh1618★ 3.6
PoemEven such is time that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!Sir Walter Raleigh1618★ 3.5
Whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.Sir Walter Raleigh1618★ 1.0