"Were it not that they are loath to……" — Robert Burton
"Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges."
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45 Quotes by Robert Burton
Robert Burton has 45 quotes on this site.
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in…
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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to…
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
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We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
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Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has…
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Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental…
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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 Charges Quotes
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The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
— Benazir Bhutto
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CAIR officials or former officials have been arrested on charges related to terrorism yet all it offers is silence and…
— Paul Weyrich
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Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions…
— Joan Didion
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Creativity is the mother of all energies, nurturer of your most alive self. It charges up every part of you.…
— Judith Orloff
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The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.
— Elihu Root
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He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Their pupils and their little charges are not nourished and fed by what they learn: the learning is passed from…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor.
— Unknown Author
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I can now state that I have succeeded in operating a motive device by means of [cosmic rays]. I will…
— Nikola Tesla
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Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of…
— Jim Sensenbrenner
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When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the…
— Billy Graham
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The inscrutability [of economics] is perhaps not unintentional. It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges…
— Jack Vance
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