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Henry Wotton
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“How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) first seen 1614 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Character of a Happy Life (1614), stanza 1.
“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 Wotton (1568–1639) first seen 1614 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Character of a Happy Life (1614), stanza 5.
“Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) first seen 1614 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Character of a Happy Life (1614), stanza 6. Compare: "As having nothing, and yet possessing all things", 2 Corinthians vi. 10.
Also quoted by: Sir Henry Wotton
“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?”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) first seen 1624 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia, stanza 1 (1624). In some versions "moon" replaces "sun". This was printed with music as early as 1624, in Est's "Sixth Set of Books", for example.
“I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) first seen 1624 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Preface to the Elements of Architecture (1624).
Also quoted by: Sir Henry Wotton
“Love lodged in a woman's breast Is but a guest.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Woman's Heart (1651).
“He first deceased; she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife (1651).
Also quoted by: Sir Henry Wotton
“Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Disparity Between Buckingham and Essex (1651).
Also quoted by: Sir Henry Wotton
“An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) first seen 1612 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reliquiae Wottonainae (1651). In a letter to Velserus, 1612, Wotton says, "This merry definition of an ambassador I had chanced to set down at my friend's, Mr. Christopher Fleckamore, in his Album".
Also quoted by: Sir Henry Wotton
“The itch of disputing will prove the scab of churches.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Panegyric to King Charles (1651).
Also quoted by: Sir Henry Wotton
“Hic jacet hujus sententiæ primus author: DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES. Nomen alias quære.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Advised a young diplomat "to tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound his enemies.”
Henry Wotton (1568–1639) said by 1639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed. E.g., Vol 24, Encyclopedia Britannica of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 721 (9th Ed. 1894).