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• How happy is he born or taught, That serveth not another's will
  Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!...
• Sir Henry Wotton used to say that critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Apothegms, No, 64...
• An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- Reliquiae Wottonianae...
• Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- The Disparity between Buckingham and Essex...
• I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- Preface to the Elements of Architecture...
• Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- The Character of a Happy Life...
• Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639)
• The itch of disputing will prove the scab of churches.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- A Panegyric to King Charle...
• An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country.
  -- Sir Henry Wotton, 1568-1639...