Top 17 Quotes by Henry Wotton

Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.

Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.

Character, Night, Bed

Walter Raleigh, Henry Wotton, J. Hannah (1929). “The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh”, p.93, Рипол Классик

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.

Truth, Telling The Truth, Puzzles

"Fiske WordPower: The Exclusive System to Learn, Not Just Memorize, Essential Words". Book by Edward Fiske et al., 2006.

An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself.

Henry Wotton

Country, Lying, Home

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions: Commodity, Firmness and Delight.

Henry Wotton

Art, Three, Delight

'Elements of Architecture' (1624) pt. 1

How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.

Henry Wotton

Truth, Honesty, Skills

Take heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God.

Henry Wotton

Thinking, Rome, Church

In Izaak Walton 'Sir Henry Wotton', in Christopher Wordsworth 'Ecclesiastical Biography' (1810) vol. 5, p. 44; first published in Walton's first edition of 'Reliquiae Wottonianae' (1651)

Love lodged in a woman's breast is but a guest.

Henry Wotton

Love, Relationship, Guests

Walter Raleigh, Henry Wotton, J. Hannah (1929). “The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh”, p.88, Рипол Классик

Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.

Henry Wotton

Country, Lying, Men

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.

Henry Wotton

Country, Honesty, Lying

"Up Front With Robert Murphy" by C. L Sulzberger, www.nytimes.com. February 23, 1964.

Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Henry Wotton

Hate, Hats, Three

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? This was printed with music as early as 1624, in East's Sixth Set of Books, and is found in many manuscripts.

Henry Wotton

Book, Eye, Night

I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.

Henry Wotton

Men, Stuff, Values

The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church.

Henry Wotton

Church, Scabs, Prove

Sir Henry Wotton (1672). “Reliquiae Wottonianae, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems: with characters of sundry personages : and other incomparable pieces of language and art : also additional letters to several persons, not before printed”, p.35

Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.

Henry Wotton

Men, Punishment, Use

Sir Henry Wotton (1672). “Reliquiae Wottonianae, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems: with characters of sundry personages : and other incomparable pieces of language and art : also additional letters to several persons, not before printed”, p.201

You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own — What are you when the rose is blown?

Henry Wotton

Spring, Years, Purple

Sir Henry Wotton, John HANNAH (Archdeacon of Lewes.) (1857). “Poems by Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Walter Raleigh and others. Edited by the Rev. John Hannah”, p.14