Robert Burton Quotes

English - Writer | February 8, 1577 - January 25, 1640

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Robert Burton

Old FriendsSmallFriendsBecomeOld

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Robert Burton

SeeStandingShouldersMayGiant

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Robert Burton

SwordWordThanStrikesDeeperBlow

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

Robert Burton

LoveFastSingleThreadCordCable

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

Robert Burton

LovePowerLove IsCandleSunSet

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.

Robert Burton

LifeGoodManAngelLongBad

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

Robert Burton

FirstKingdomAncientBeenAlmost

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

Robert Burton

PowerMenAmbitionSucceedWillWho

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

HappinessSunMoonDevilWealthShe

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Robert Burton

FaithGreatIllusionFeelingsWill

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

Robert Burton

MarriageHellNeverPlagueMarried

A quiet mind cureth all.

Robert Burton

PeaceMindQuiet

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