Quote#Pride
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest…
Quote byWalter Raleigh · 1552–1618
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (published 1632), Chapter IV.
English (original)
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.
— Walter Raleigh
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