Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 6
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 6
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- A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - They do not live but linger.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3... - Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - All our geese are swans.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3... - A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - Can build castles in the air.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 1... - Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 1, Memb. 2, Subsect... - I light my candle from their torches.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect. 2, Memb...
