Quote#Wisdom
A wise man poor
Quote byThomas Dekker · 1572–1632
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Old Fortunatus (1599)..
English (original)
A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that’s never read,— To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead. This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school.
— Thomas Dekker
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I was ne’er so thrummed since I was a gentleman.
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This principle is old, but true as fate,— Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.