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• Going as if he trod upon eggs. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
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• They have cheveril consciences that will stretch. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  4, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3...
• They do not live but linger. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect.
  2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 10...
• Though it rain daggers with their points downward. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  2, Memb. 3...
• Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 5...
• Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect....
• No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3...
• Idleness is an appendix to nobility. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect.
  2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 6...
• Make a virtue of necessity. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect.
  3, Memb. 4, Subsect. 1...