Robert Burton on Life
Browse 7 quotations attributed to Robert Burton, catalogued under life, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Robert Burton, entry #74646: "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."
Attributed to Robert Burton, entry #30427: "crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them so many anatomies."
7 Quotes by Robert Burton on Life
"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."
"crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them so many anatomies."
"Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular, all his life long."
"The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience."
"A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better."
"A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich."
"As he said in Machiavel, omnes eodem patre nati, Adam's sons, conceived all and born in sin, etc. "We are by nature all as one, all alike, if you see us naked; let us wear theirs and they our clothes, and what is the difference?"