Robert Burton
Robert Burton
An Oxford University scholar, he is best known for his classic 1621 work, The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also a mathematician and an amateur astrologer.
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth8 February 1577
hanging heaven marriage matches
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven
dwarf farther giant himself shoulders standing
I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself
candle illustrate
To enlarge and illustrate this - is to set a candle in the sun.
die hanged lay loath money save
Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.
hath
We can say nothing but what hath been said
cannot costs good
Who cannot give good counsel? 'Tis cheap, it costs them nothing
chapel devil god hath
Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel
consumer continue great missing remain spring summer warm weather
This spring has been great for Kmart and other retailers. Hopefully, the consumer will continue to come out, the weather will continue to remain warm and we will go right into summer without missing a step.
consumer continue great missing remain spring summer warm weather
This spring has been great for Kmart and other retailers, ... Hopefully, the consumer will continue to come out, the weather will continue to remain warm and we will go right into summer without missing a step.
father son struck
Diogenes struck the father when the son swore
books books-and-reading fat lean works
They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works
joys naught sweet
All my joys to this are folly, / Naught so sweet as melancholy.
humility proud
They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.
humility proud
They are proud in humility; proud in that they are not proud