Quotes by Robert Burton

Good laws are begot by bad actions

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That which is a law today is none tomorrow

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

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

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

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

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A quiet mind cureth all.

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A good conscience is a continual feast.

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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant...

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

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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in...

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

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