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Robert Burton quotes

English Writer February 8, 1577 – January 25, 1640

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Robert Burton quote: "What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning;..."
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning. Robert Burton
We love neither God nor our neighbor as we should. Our love in spiritual things is "too defective, in worldly things too excessive, there is a jar in both." We love the world too much; God too little; our neighbor not at all, or for our own ends. Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as..."
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread. Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "The eyes are the harbingers of love, and the first step of..."
The eyes are the harbingers of love, and the first step of love is sight. Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to..."
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in..."
Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long. Robert Burton
When I lie waking all alone, Recounting what I have ill done, My thoughts on me then tyrannize, Fear and sorrow me surprise, Whether I tarry still or go, Methinks the time moves very slow, All my griefs to this are jolly, Naught so sad as melancholy.'Tis my sole plague to be alone, I am a beast, a monster grown, I will no light nor company, I find it now my misery. The scene is turn'd, my joys are gone, Fear, discontent, and sorrows come. All my griefs to this are folly, Naught so fierce as... Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that..."
Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. Robert Burton
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
Robert Burton quote: "Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and..."
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses. Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at..."
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards. Robert Burton
If heaven be so fair, the sun so fair, how much fairer shall He be that made them fair? For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures, proportionally the maker of them is seen. Robert Burton
...those impious epicures, libertines, atheists, hypocrites, infidels, worldly, secure, impenitent, unthankful, and carnal-minded men, that attribute all to natural causes, that will acknowledge no supreme power; that have cauterized consciences, or live in a reprobate sense; or such desperate persons as are too distrustful of his mercies. Robert Burton
Robert Burton quote: "Wine is strong, the king is strong, women are strong, but..."
Wine is strong, the king is strong, women are strong, but truth overcometh all things. Robert Burton
A good conscience is a continual feast, but a galled conscience is as great a torment as can possibly happen, a still baking oven (so Pierius in his Hieroglyph compares it), another hell. Robert Burton

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