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• Make a virtue of necessity. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1...
• They do not live but linger. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect.
  2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 10...
• The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• Can build castles in the air. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect.
  2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 3...
• All our geese are swans. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect.
  2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 14...
• As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 12...
• A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 6...