Sir Walter Raleigh

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    “I wish I loved the Human Race;
    I wish I loved its silly face;
    I wish I liked the way it walks;
    I wish I liked the way it talks;
    And when I’m introduced to one
    I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1861–1922)

    “What is our life? a play of passion;
    Our mirth the music of division;
    Our mothers’ wombs the tiring-houses be
    Where we are dressed for this short comedy.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    “When the critics come around it’s always too late.”
    —Sidney, Sir Nolan (1917–1992)

    “All histories do shew, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    “I have loved her all my youth,
    But now old, as you see;
    Love likes not the falling fruit
    From the withered tree.
    Know that love is a careless child
    And forgets promise past;
    He is blind, he is deaf when he list
    And in faith never fast.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)