Quote#World
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff
Quote byHenry Wotton · 1568–1639
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Preface to the Elements of Architecture (1624)..
English (original)
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff.
— Henry Wotton
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You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the sun shall rise?
Love lodged in a woman's breast Is but a guest.
Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to send, And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend.
Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.
How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!
He first deceased; she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died.