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He first deceased; she for a little tried
To live without him, liked it not, and died.

— Henry Wotton Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife (1651)

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I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.

Preface to the Elements of Architecture (1624)

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

Written in the album of Christopher Fleckmore (1604)

Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.

Advised a young diplomat "to tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound his enemies."

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.

Reliquiae Wottonainae (1651)

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