A mask of gold hides all deformities.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Gold
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Labor
When all sins are old in us and go upon crutches, covetousness does but then lie in her cradle.
—Thomas Dekker
We are ne’er like angels till our passion dies.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Angels
Cast away care; he that loves sorrow lengthens not a day, nor can he buy tomorrow.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Time Management, Worry
Were there no women, men might live like gods.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Men & Women, Men, Women
Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Health, Relaxation, Rest, Sleep
Patience! why, it is the soul of peace; of all the virtues, it is nearest kin to heaven; it makes men look like gods. The best of men that ever wore earth about him was a sufferer,—a soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; the first true gentleman that ever breathed.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Patience
The heart of man is of it selfe but little, yet great things cannot fill it: it is not big enough at one meale to satisfie a bird, and yet the whole world cannot satisfie it.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Heart
A wise man poor is like a sacred book that’s never read; to himself he lives and to all else seems dead.
—Thomas Dekker
Topics: Poverty
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