Carolina QuotesA prince of mean force ought not in any wise to adventure his estate upon one day's fight: for if he be victorious he gaineth nothing but glory; but if he lose, he is utterly ruined.
Walter Raleigh Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Aphorisms of State (London: for Tho. Johnson, 1661), p. 101
- year
- 1661
- locator
- p. 101
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