82 Quotes by Robert Burton
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The miller sees not all the water that flows by his mill.
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Temperance is a bridle of gold; he who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.
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Diseases crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many Anatomies.
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Conscience is a great ledger book in which all our offences are written and registered, and which time reveals to the sense and feeling of the offender.
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Tobacco, divine, rare superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all panaceas, potable gold and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases.
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Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.
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Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.
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Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
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No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
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