Facts about Robert Burton

Summary

Robert Burton is a famous author.

Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by Robert, under the main topics: Love - Marriage.

17 Famous quotes by Robert Burton

Small: A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself
"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself"
Small: What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning loves the cloudless summer sun, nature gay ado
"What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning"
Small: Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long
"Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long"
Small: Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes bastards
"Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards"
Small: A good conscience is a continual feast
"A good conscience is a continual feast"
Small: To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun
"To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun"
Small: One was never married, and thats his hell another is, and thats his plague
"One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague"
Small: The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to dev
"The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves"
Small: No rule is so general, which admits not some exception
"No rule is so general, which admits not some exception"
Small: A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword
"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword"
Small: Worldly wealth is the Devils bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real
"Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun"
Small: We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars
"We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars"
Small: Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses
"Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses"
Small: No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread
"No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread"
Small: Idleness is an appendix to nobility
"Idleness is an appendix to nobility"
Small: Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion
"Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion"
Small: A quiet mind cureth all
"A quiet mind cureth all"