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• For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world knows.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• What can't be cured must be endured. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part ii, Sect.
  2, Memb. 3...
• Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• Machiavel says virtue and riches seldom settle on one man.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part ii, Sect. 2, Memb. 2...
• Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part ii, Sect. 2, Memb. 2...
• If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2...
• One religion is as true as another. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  4, Memb. 2, Subsect. 1...
• Out of too much learning become mad. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2...
• They have cheveril consciences that will stretch. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  4, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3...