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Accumulation of wealth1 quote
A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich. — Robert Burton · 1621Duality of man1 quote
Every man hath a good and bad angel attending on him in particular, all his life long. — Robert Burton · 1621Man as social animal1 quote
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn? — Robert Burton · 1621Marriage1 quote
One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague. — Robert Burton · 1621Melancholy1 quote
All my joys to this are folly,
Naught so sweet as melancholy. — Robert Burton · 1621Preparing for war1 quote
The commonwealth of Venice in their armory have this inscription: "Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war." — Robert Burton · 1621