An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. — Sir Henry Wotton
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. — Sir Henry Wotton
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. — Sir Henry Wotton
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. — Sir Henry Wotton
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. — Sir Henry Wotton
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An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.

— Sir Henry Wotton
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