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
inspirational confidence ambition
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
motivational eye dwarves
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
love dream umbilical-cord
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.