Quotes & anectdotes from
the wise,
the foolish,
the courageous &
the drunk

Robert Burton Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Feb 8, 1577
  • Died: Jan 25, 1640

Robert Burton was an English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also the incumbent of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and of Seagrave in Leicestershire.

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

love & power

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

faith

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.

morning

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

marriage