Oliver Cromwell

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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Nature can do more than physicians. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

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