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• All poets are mad. -- Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
• Women wear the breeches.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
• The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3...
• Going as if he trod upon eggs. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  2, Memb. 3...
• Idleness is an appendix to nobility. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect.
  2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 6...
• Penny wise, pound foolish.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
• Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
• We can say nothing but what hath been said.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...