I may not here omit those two main plagues and common dotages of human
kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of
people; they go commonly together.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 13
kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of
people; they go commonly together.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 13
Related:
- They do not live but linger.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3... - No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 2... - All our geese are swans.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3... - A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
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... - A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - The rich] are indeed rather possessed by their money than possessors.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy... - They are proud in humility; proud in that they are not proud.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy...
