| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 2028 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639) |
| QUOTATION: | An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Reliquiæ Wottonianæ |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. 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.” [back] |
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