The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Thomas Dekker

8 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors.— filed under Death
I was ne'er so thrummed since I was a gentleman.— filed under Gentlemen
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.— filed under Gentlemen
We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.— filed under Passion
This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. S.— filed under Treason
Conquest by Flight. And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors.— filed under Conquest
X. Turn over a new leaf.— filed under Proverbs
To add to golden numbers golden numbers. T.— filed under Iii
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