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Henry Wotton Quotes: An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
         

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.


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Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.

Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.



Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.



How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.

How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.



An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.



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.

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.



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.

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.



Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.

Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.



Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.



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?

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?



By weaker accents, what's your praise When Philomel her voice doth raise?

By weaker accents, what's your praise When Philomel her voice doth raise?





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