All Robert Burton Quotes
- Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant… Ambition
- Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses. Become Bitter
- To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. Candle
- Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase,… Bait
- No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread. Bind
- A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. Dwarf
- The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. Ambition
- No rule is so general, which admits not some exception. Admit
- We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. Every Year
- Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language and… According
- Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not a testable conclusion.… Arising
- Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of their thoughts. The… Begin
- Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations. Accepting
- No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the good life." Yes,… Acknowledge
- Certainty and similar states of ‘knowing what we know’ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason. Anger
- Be not solitary, be not idle Idle
- If you like not my writing, go read something else. Funny
- What a glut of books! Who can read them? Book
- Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy. Inspirational
- Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. Alone