| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2154 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (15771640) |
| 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. |
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