John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2073 Thomas Dekker 1570-1632 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2073 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Dekker (1570–1632) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Old Fortunatus. |