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"Sir Henry Wotton used to say that critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes."
Francis Bacon / Apothegms. No. 64.
Apothegms. No. 64.
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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 / The Character of a Happy Life.
The Character of a Happy Life.
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"Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend."
Sir Henry Wotton / The Character of a Happy Life.
The Character of a Happy Life.
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"Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all."
Sir Henry Wotton / The Character of a Happy Life.
The Character of a Happy Life.
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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 moon shall rise?"
Sir Henry Wotton / On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia.
On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia.
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"He first deceased; she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died."
Sir Henry Wotton / Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife.
Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife.
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"I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."
Sir Henry Wotton / Preface to the Elements of Architecture.
Preface to the Elements of Architecture.
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"Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to."
Sir Henry Wotton / The Disparity between Buckingham and Essex.
The Disparity between Buckingham and Essex.
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"An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth."
Sir Henry Wotton / Reliquiæ Wottonianæ.
Reliquiæ Wottonianæ.
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"The itch of disputing will prove the scab of churches."
Sir Henry Wotton / A Panegyric to King Charles.
A Panegyric to King Charles.
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"Sir Henry Wotton was a most dear lover and a frequent practiser of the Art of Angling; of which he would say, "'T was an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;" and "that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.""
Izaak Walton / The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.
The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. 1.
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