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Robert Burton

Robert Burton was an English scholar, born in 1577. Entered Brasenose College, Oxford, 1593. Student of Christ Church, 1599; B.D., 1614 and Vicar of St. Thomas's, Oxford, 1616, and rector of Seagrave from 1630 until his death in 1640. Best known for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy.

Quotes

Miguel Ángelhas quoted5 months ago
"He must eat his meat in sorrow,"
Miguel Ángelhas quoted5 months ago
It is not curiosity alone, but those other crying sins of ours, which pull these several plagues and miseries upon our heads
Miguel Ángelhas quoted5 months ago
ear cometh like sudden desolation, and destruction like a whirlwind, affliction and anguish,"
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