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"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."
Old Fortunatus.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There 's a lean fellow beats all conquerors."
Old Fortunatus.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed."
The Honest Whore. Part i. Act i. Sc. 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I was ne'er so thrummed since I was a gentleman."
The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"This principle is old, but true as fate,-- Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate."
The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies."
The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"To add to golden numbers golden numbers."
Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Honest labour bears a lovely face."
Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain