Robert Burton on Humor
Browse 7 quotations attributed to Robert Burton, catalogued under humor, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Robert Burton, entry #10021: "Like him in Æsop, he whipped his horses withal, and put his shoulder to the wheel."
Attributed to Robert Burton, entry #125529: "Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes."
7 Quotes by Robert Burton on Humor
"Like him in Æsop, he whipped his horses withal, and put his shoulder to the wheel."
"Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes."
"Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty."
"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword."
"Though it rain daggers with their points downward."
"may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top."
"Melancholy and despair, though often, do not always concur; there is much difference: melancholy fears without a cause, this upon great occasion; melancholy is caused by fear and grief, but this torment procures them and all extremity of bitterness."