Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Quote by Robert Burton

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Wit without employment is a disease

Wit without employment is a disease

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun,...

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun,...

It is most true, stylus virum arguit, - our style betrays us

It is most true, stylus virum arguit, - our style betrays us

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

Health indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery,...

Health indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery,...

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can...

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can...

A good conscience is a continual feast.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Be not solitary, be not idle

Be not solitary, be not idle

A good conscience is a continual feast.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven

Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it...

Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it...

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

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

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle...

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle...

If you're at the end of your rope...untie the knot in your heart.

If you're at the end of your rope...untie the knot in your heart.

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the...

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the...

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and...

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and...