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• I light my candle from their torches. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
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• Make a virtue of necessity. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1...
• The fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms. -- Richard Bentley (1662-1742) -- Sermons, vii, Works, Vol.
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• Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
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• Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
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• Necessity has no law. -- Saint Augustine (354-430) -- Soliloquium Animae ad Deum
• Poetry is the devil's wine. -- Saint Augustine (354-430) -- Confessions (397-398)
• There's no saint like a reformed sinner.