Famous quotes containing the words walter raleigh, sir and/or raleigh:
“Whoso 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 Raleigh (1552–1618)
“Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
It’s fiftie fadom deip,
And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
Wi the Scots lords at his feit.”
—Unknown. Sir Patrick Spens (l. 41–44)
“But from this earth, this grave, this dust,
My God shall raise me up, I trust.”
—Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)