Quote#Truth
How poor remembrances are statues, tombs
Quote byJohn Florio · 1553–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ode (Concerning the Honour of Books) l. 9.
English (original)
How poor remembrances are statues, tombs, And other monuments that men erect To princes, which remain in closèd rooms Where but a few behold them, in respect Of Books, that to the universal eye Show how they lived; the other where they lie!
— John Florio
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