Robert Burton Quotes


Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. - Robert Burton


Wit without employment is a disease. - Robert Burton


Why are Italians at this day generally so good poets and painters? Because every man of any fashion amongst them hath his mistress. - Robert Burton


Who cannot give good counsel? 'Tis cheap, it costs them nothing. - Robert Burton


Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel. - Robert Burton


What is a ship but a prison? - Robert Burton


We've got to have something in place. - 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. - Robert Burton


We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . he that comes last is commonly best. - Robert Burton


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