Robert Burton
Robert Burton
An Oxford University scholar, he is best known for his classic 1621 work, The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also a mathematician and an amateur astrologer.
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth8 February 1577
years mayors scholar
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
exception
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
love passion power
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.
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We can say nothing but what hath been said
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Why are Italians at this day generally so good poets and painters? Because every man of any fashion amongst them hath his mistress
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Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own
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This spring has been great for Kmart and other retailers, ... Hopefully, the consumer will continue to come out, the weather will continue to remain warm and we will go right into summer without missing a step.
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Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel
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Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.
candle illustrate
To enlarge and illustrate this - is to set a candle in the sun.
families
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.
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One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.