Matthew Parker/archbishop of Canterbury 1559-1575

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    So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 6:34.

    If you’re going to write, don’t pretend to write down. It’s going to be the best you can do, and it’s the fact that it’s the best you can do that kills you.
    —Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)

    The archbishop is away. The church is gray.
    He has left his robes folded in camphor
    And, dressed in black, he walks
    Among fireflies.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    How soon I may ride the whole world about;
    And at the third question thou must not shrink,
    But tell me here truly what I do think.”
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 30–32)