Henry Wotton quotes
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“Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.”
-- Henry WottonSource : Walter Raleigh, Henry Wotton, J. Hannah (1929). “The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh”, p.93, Рипол Классик
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“Take heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God.”
-- Henry WottonSource : In Izaak Walton 'Sir Henry Wotton', in Christopher Wordsworth 'Ecclesiastical Biography' (1810) vol. 5, p. 44; first published in Walton's first edition of 'Reliquiae Wottonianae' (1651)
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“Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.”
-- Henry WottonSource : Sir Henry Wotton (1672). “Reliquiae Wottonianae, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems: with characters of sundry personages : and other incomparable pieces of language and art : also additional letters to several persons, not before printed”, p.201
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“Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to send, And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend.”
-- Henry WottonSource : "The Character of a Happy Life". Poem by Henry Wotton, 1614.
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“Love lodged in a woman's breast is but a guest.”
-- Henry WottonSource : Walter Raleigh, Henry Wotton, J. Hannah (1929). “The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh”, p.88, Рипол Классик
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“The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church.”
-- Henry WottonSource : Sir Henry Wotton (1672). “Reliquiae Wottonianae, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems: with characters of sundry personages : and other incomparable pieces of language and art : also additional letters to several persons, not before printed”, p.35
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“An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself.”
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“I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.”
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“You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own — What are you when the rose is blown?”
-- Henry WottonSource : Sir Henry Wotton, John HANNAH (Archdeacon of Lewes.) (1857). “Poems by Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Walter Raleigh and others. Edited by the Rev. John Hannah”, p.14
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“In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions: Commodity, Firmness and Delight.”
-- Henry WottonSource : 'Elements of Architecture' (1624) pt. 1
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“Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.”
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“Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.”
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“You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the sun shall rise? This was printed with music as early as 1624, in East's Sixth Set of Books, and is found in many manuscripts.”
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“An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.”
-- Henry WottonSource : "Up Front With Robert Murphy" by C. L Sulzberger, www.nytimes.com. February 23, 1964.
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“Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.”
-- Henry WottonSource : "Fiske WordPower: The Exclusive System to Learn, Not Just Memorize, Essential Words". Book by Edward Fiske et al., 2006.
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“How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.”
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