George Canning/ambassador To Lisbon - 1814%e2%80%931816

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    In matter of commerce the fault of the Dutch
    Is offering too little and asking too much.
    The French are with equal advantage content,
    So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.
    —George Canning (1770–1827)

    An Ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
    Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)