"A blow with a word strikes deeper than…" — Robert Burton

"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword."

— Robert Burton

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45 Quotes by Robert Burton

Robert Burton has 45 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in…
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to…
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has…
Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental…
Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the…

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More Blow Quotes

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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever;… — J. J. Abrams
You blows who you is. — Louis Armstrong
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear… — Desi Arnaz
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn… — Saint Augustine
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could… — Beck
The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little… — Catherine Bell
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge… — Aeschylus
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone. — Aeschylus
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man… — Aeschylus
I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take… — Erma Bombeck
I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking… — John Bonham

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