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• The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• Make a virtue of necessity. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1...
• He is only fantastical that is not in fashion. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3...
• Birds of a feather will gather together. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  1, 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...
• The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world knows.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• I light my candle from their torches. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  2, Memb. 5, Subsect. 1...