Creative Quotations from . . .
Henry Wotton
(1568-1639) born on Mar 30
English "poet, diplomat". He was a noted art connoisseur and friend of Donne and Milton.
 
   
F
How happy is he born or taught,
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill!"

R
"Take heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God."
A
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.
N
"In Architecture" as in all other Operative" Arts, the end" is to build well. Well building hath three Conditions. Commodity, Firmness, and Delight.""
K
"Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The Character of a Happy Life.""
R: ""Reliquiae Wottonianae," by Izaak Walton."
A: "Preface to the "Elements of Architecture.""
N: "Elements of Architecture," Pt. I."
K: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."



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