Frasi di Sir Henry Wotton

Sir Henry Wotton è stato uno scrittore, poeta e diplomatico inglese.

✵ 30. Marzo 1568 – 1639
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Sir Henry Wotton: Frasi in inglese

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

The Character of a Happy Life (1614), stanza 6. Compare: "As having nothing, and yet possessing all things", 2 Corinthians vi. 10.

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

Attributed. E.g., Vol 24, Encyclopedia Britannica of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 721 https://books.google.com/books?id=_GlJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&dq=truth+wotton+confound+advice&source=bl&ots=-cGk3UDLLj&sig=ltOR1xtI9WFic1JWKiFmIZ8Yce0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVkZCsj-jRAhXCyFQKHTmsCkAQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=truth%20wotton%20confound%20advice&f=false (9th Ed. 1894).
Compare Mark Twain who, in Following the Equator, said "When in doubt, tell the truth" (which is often mis-quoted as containing an additional clause providing "it will confound your enemies and astound your friends").

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

The Disparity Between Buckingham and Essex (1651).

“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?”

On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia, stanza 1 (1624). In some versions "moon" replaces "sun". This was printed with music as early as 1624, in Est's "Sixth Set of Books", for example.

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

Reliquiae Wottonainae (1651). In a letter to Velserus, 1612, Wotton says, "This merry definition of an ambassador I had chanced to set down at my friend's, Mr. Christopher Fleckamore, in his Album".

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

Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife (1651).

“Here lies the author of this phrase: "The itch for disputing is the sore of churches." Seek his name elsewhere.”
Hic jacet hujus sententiæ primus author: DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES. Nomen alias quære.

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