Quote#Wisdom
Beware in making your sporters your councellors, and delight not to…
Quote byJames VI and I · 1566–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Basilikon Doron (1599).
English (original)
Beware in making your sporters your councellors, and delight not to keepe ordinarily in your companie comedians or balladines.
— James VI and I
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