Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for … - Walter Raleigh

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault

Walter Raleigh

Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.

Accounted, Err, Religion, State, Touching, Vanity

Same Author Quotes

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

Cheap, Deeds, Talking, Vanity, Words

Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice.

Befall, Damage, Damages, Loss, Men, Patience

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

Dust, Earth, Easter, Grave, Trust

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

Commands, Navy, Riches, Sea, World

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

Grace, Human, Light, Mind, Worldly

Similar Quotes

Sun Tzu

He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

Art, Ignorance, Mystify, Officers, Reports, War

Herrick Johnson

He who tears down the cross, what is there left to lift him to heaven? The church claiming to be a Christian church is false to the title, if she make the cross of Christ of none effect.

Christian, Claiming, Down, Heaven, Make, Tears

Ralph Gibson

Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage - the intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any case, the eyes have it, and the imagination will always soar farther than was expected.

Elude, Eye, Media, Photograph, Photography, Snapshot

Heston Blumenthal

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault

Desire, Fault, Faults, Improving

Harvey Dunn

A background can be painted in the same range of values as the foreground by reversing the light effect. In the shadow plane, paint the lights cool and the shadows warm, and in the sunlight plane, paint the lights warm and shadows cool.

Foreground, Light, Lights, Paint, Reversing, Shadow