| They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works. |
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- Robert Burton |
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| Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. |
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- Robert Burton |
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| The rich are indeed rather possessed by their money than possessors. |
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- Robert Burton |
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| 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. |
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- Robert Burton |
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| Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. |
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- Robert Burton |
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| I have laboriously collected this cento out of diverse writers. I have wronged no authors but given every man his own.... Bees do little harm and damage no one in extracting honey; I can say of myself, whom have I injured? The matter is theirs most part, and yet mine.... it becomes something different in its new setting. |
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- Robert Burton |
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| Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee. |
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- Robert Burton |
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