Talk:Henry Wotton

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The full 'money' quote is more a jab at journos than at diplos: "An ambassador is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth; a newswriter is a man without virtue who lies at home for himself." -- published in 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, by Henry Wotton, 1651.

This should be added to the relevant para. 71.217.75.191 16:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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