"The itch of disputation will prove the scab…" — Henry Wotton
"The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church."
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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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How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth,…
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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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Love lodged in a woman's breast is but a guest.
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