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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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/a-wise-man-poor-is-like-a-sacred-book-that-s-never-read-to-himself-he/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

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## More by Thomas Dekker

> [This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/this-principle-is-old-but-true-as-fate-kings-may-love-treason-but-the/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/to-awaken-each-morning-with-a-smile-brightening-my-face-to-greet-the/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/we-are-ne-er-like-angels-till-our-passion-dies/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/golden-slumbers-kiss-your-eyes-smiles-awake-you-when-you-rise/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [“Long hair will make thee look dreafully to thine enemies, and manly to thy friends: it is, in peace, an ornament; in war, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/long-hair-will-make-thee-look-dreafully-to-thine-enemies-and-manly-to/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Arguments, like children, should be like the subject that begets them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/arguments-like-children-should-be-like-the-subject-that-begets-them/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Age is like love, it cannot be hid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/age-is-like-love-it-cannot-be-hid/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/sleep-is-that-golden-chain-that-ties-health-and-our-bodies-together/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/this-age-thinks-better-of-a-gilded-fool-than-of-a-threadbare-saint-in/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [A mask of gold hides all deformities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/a-mask-of-gold-hides-all-deformities/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will spend it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/cast-away-care-he-that-loves-sorrow-lengthens-not-a-day-nor-can-buy/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Honest labor bears a lovely face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/honest-labor-bears-a-lovely-face/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [What a heaven is love! O what a hell!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/what-a-heaven-is-love-o-what-a-hell/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/surely-man-was-not-created-to-be-an-idle-fellow-he-was-not-set-in/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is...that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Who complains of want? of wounds?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/do-but-consider-what-an-excellent-thing-sleep-is-that-golden-chain/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

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