"Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to……" — Robert Burton

"Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both."

— 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 Admit Quotes

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do… — Glenn Beck
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better… — Erma Bombeck
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United… — Bono
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

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