"How happy is he born and taught; that……" — Henry Wotton
"How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill."
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Henry Wotton
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15 Quotes by Henry Wotton
Henry Wotton has 15 quotes on this site.
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Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.
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An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.
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You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light; You common…
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Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.
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Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.
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In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well.…
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You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the proud virgins of the year, As if…
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I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.
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Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.
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An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man…
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The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church.
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Love lodged in a woman's breast is but a guest.
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More Armor Quotes
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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of…
— William Jennings Bryan
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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
— Robert Burns
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Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on…
— Austin Phelps
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When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in…
— Kristin Hunter
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Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.
— William Blake
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Don't listen to the lies, I swear they all lies. You know I could be your knight in shining Armor…
— Drake
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up…
— Ben Stein
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. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible.…
— Patrick Henry
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Philosophers are only men in armor after all.
— Charles Dickens
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Let him not boast who puts his armor on as he who puts it off, the battle done.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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What kind of living can be out of fear? Once the armor is dropped you can live out of love,…
— Rajneesh
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A mature person should disconnect himself from anything that is connected with fear. That`s how maturity comes. Just watch all…
— Rajneesh
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