Sir Walter Raleigh

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    War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune.
    Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    Just at the stroke when my veins start and spread,
    Set on my soul an everlasting head.
    Then am I ready, like a palmer fit,
    To tread those blest paths which before I writ.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)