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A few honest men are better than numbers. - [Honesty] A man-of-war is the best ambassador. - [War] Does a man speak foolishly?--suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?--stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid. Does he speak truly?--rejoice in the truth. - [Talking] God made them as stubble to our swords. - [God] He who stops being better stops being good. - [Effort] I tell you we will cut off his head with the crown upon it. - in "Dictionary of National Biography," vol. XIII, in C.H. Firth's Cromwell article [Death : Royalty] I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government. - to Parliament in 1658 [Government] I would rather have a plain russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call "a gentleman" and nothing else. - in a letter to William Spring, September, 1643 [Conviction] If any man whatsoever hath carried on the design of deposing the King and disinheriting his posterity; or if any man hath yet such a design he should be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but, since the Providence of God hath cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence. - in Buchan's "Oliver Cromwell" [Providence : Royalty] My brethren, by the bowels of Christ I beseech you, bethink you that you may be mistaken. - [Mistake] No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going. - in a statement to M. Bellievre, recorded in the Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz [Purpose] Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. - [Opportunity] One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going. - to M. Bellievre, found in "Memoirs" of Cardinal de Retz [Success] Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle. - [Station] Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. - [Integrity : Subtlety] Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace. - quoted by, in Parliament, Sep. 4, 1654, as "a maxim not to be despised" [Peace] Trust in God, and keep your powder dry. - see Blacker "Col. Oliver's Advice" in "Ballads of Ireland", I, 191 [Trust] Weeds and nettles, briars and thorns, have thriven under your shadow, dissettlement and division, discontentment and dissatisfaction, together with real dangers to the whole. - [Government] Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling. - Remark to the Painter, Lely [Painting] Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by. - Speeches--To Parliament [Necessity]
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