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Thomas Wilson (rhetorician)
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Thomas Wilson (1524 – 16 June 1581) was an English diplomat and judge who served as a privy councillor and Secretary of State (1577–81) to Queen Elizabeth I. He is remembered especially for his Logique (1551) and The Arte of Rhetorique (1553).
Quotes
He that drinks well, sleeps well.
The Rule of Reason (1551)
The Art of Rhetorique (1560)
A bargain is a bargain, and must stand without all exception.
Bk. 1
Die we must, every mother's son of us.
Bk. 1
Whom God loveth best, those he taketh soonest.
Bk. 1
For they lived long enough, that have lived well enough.
Bk. 1
These fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them for counterfeiting the king's English.
Bk. 3
Memory, called the treasure of the mind.
Bk. 3
Patience is a remedy for every disease.
Bk. 3
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Category:1524 births
Category:1581 deaths
Category:People of the Elizabethan era
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Category:Judges from England
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Category:University of Cambridge alumni