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

2154 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2154
AUTHOR:Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:Christ himself was poor…. And as he was himself, so he informed his apostles and disciples, they were all poor, prophets poor, apostles poor. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 3.
 
Note 1.
See Wotton, Quotation 3. [back]