Thomas Dekker. 1570-1632. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Thomas Dekker. (1570–1632)

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.

And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds,
There ’s a lean fellow beats all conquerors.

Old Fortunatus.

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. 1

The Honest Whore. Part i. Act i. Sc. 12.

I was ne’er so thrummed since I was a gentleman. 2

The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 2.

This principle is old, but true as fate,—
Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. 3

The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 4.

We are ne’er like angels till our passion dies.

The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2.

Turn over a new leaf. 4

The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act ii. Sc. 1.

To add to golden numbers golden numbers.

Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1.

Honest labour bears a lovely face.

Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1.

Note 1.
Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth come Habraham, Moyses, Aron, and the profettys; also the Kyng of the right lyne of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.—Juliana Berners: Heraldic Blazonry. [back]

Note 2.
See Shakespeare, King John, Quotation 10. [back]

Note 3.
Cæsar said he loved the treason, but hated the traitor.—Plutarch: Life of Romulus. [back]

Note 4.
See Middleton, Quotation 25. [back]

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