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

Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendum rei publicæ causâ.

Henry Wotton

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Diplomacy Foreign policy International politics

Author

Henry Wotton

Language

Latin

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

Occupation

Diplomat Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Wotton, Henry. Album of Christopher Fleckamore. c. 1604.

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The attitude above all others which I feel sure is no longer valid is the arrogance of power, the tendency of great nations to equate power with virtue and major responsibilities with a universal mission.

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Language
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Time
1966 1960s 20th century
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Citation

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They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

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Thomas More
Source
Utopia
Genre
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Language
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Time
1516 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

Current Citation

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