“...those impious epicures, libertines, atheists, hypocrites, infidels, worldly, secure, impenitent, unthankful, and carnal-minded men, that attribute all to natural causes, that will… — Robert Burton Ethics Copy Share Image
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. — Robert Burton Ambition Copy Share Image
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. — Robert Burton Mayors Copy Share Image
“To The Reader Who Employs His Leisure Ill Whoever you may be, I caution you against rashly defaming the author of this… — Robert Burton Books Copy Share Image
“Who hath desires must ever fearful be; Who lives in fear cannot be counted free.” — Robert Burton Autonomy Copy Share Image
Health indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery, drink bitter potions, freely give our goods:… — Robert Burton Drink Copy Share Image
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven — Robert Burton Destiny Copy Share Image
“Wine is strong, the king is strong, women are strong, but truth overcometh all things.” — Robert Burton Strong women Copy Share Image
“[E]very man hath liberty to write, but few ability. Heretofore learning was graced by judicious scholars, but now noble sciences are vilified… — Robert Burton Books Copy Share Image
“knaves and fools commonly fare and deserve best in worldlings' eyes and opinions.” — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
“as{268} Petrarch observes, we change language, habits, laws, customs, manners, but not vices, not diseases, not the symptoms of folly and madness,… — Robert Burton Habits Copy Share Image
England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb… — Robert Burton Country Copy Share Image
One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague. — Robert Burton Hell Copy Share Image
“A good conscience is a continual feast, but a galled conscience is as great a torment as can possibly happen, a still… — Robert Burton Ethics Copy Share Image
“are in men! When they are poor and needy, they seek riches, and when they have them, they do not enjoy them,… — Robert Burton Difficult things Copy Share Image
“Heraclitus the philosopher, out of a serious meditation of men's lives, fell a weeping, and with continual tears bewailed their misery, madness,… — Robert Burton Philosophy Copy Share Image
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. — Robert Burton May Copy Share Image
“And yet with crimes to us unknown, Our sons shall mark the coming age their own,” — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints, sighs, suspicions, and cares (heigh-ho my heart… — Robert Burton Grief Copy Share Image
“There is no greater cause of melancholy than idleness, no greater cure than business.” — Robert Burton Business Copy Share Image
