Robert Burton on Writing
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Robert Burton, catalogued under writing, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Robert Burton, entry #153189: "We can say nothing but what hath been said. Our poets steal from Homer... Our story-dressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best."
Attributed to Robert Burton, entry #161149: "Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword."
5 Quotes by Robert Burton on Writing
"We can say nothing but what hath been said. Our poets steal from Homer... Our story-dressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best."
"Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword."
"The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies."
"Many things happen between the cup and the lip."
"Idleness is an appendix to nobility."