An ambassador is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country a news-writer is a man without virtue who lies at home for himself.
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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.Henry Wotton
Take heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God.
Henry Wotton
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of the state.
Henry Wotton
An itch for disputation is the mange of the churches. Disputandi pruritas ecclesiarum scabies.
Henry Wotton
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
Henry Wotton
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