Sir Walter Raleigh

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    “Thy gowns, thy shoes,thy beds of roses,
    Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies,
    Soon break, soon wither—soon forgotten,
    In folly ripe,in reason rotten.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    “Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
    —Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (1853–1917)

    “Green springs the tree, hemp grows, the wag is wild,
    But when they meet, it makes the timber rot;
    It frets the halter, and it chokes the child.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)