Quote#Truth
All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or…
Quote byWalter Raleigh · 1552–1618
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Cabinet Council (published 1658), Chapter 25.
English (original)
All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto either by force or fraud, and what they have by craft or cruelty gained, to cover the foulness of their fact, they call purchase, as a name more honest.
— Walter Raleigh
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