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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Words
Robert Burton

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A mere scholar, a mere ass.
Scholars and Scholarship
Robert Burton

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England is paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women.
Nationalities and Nationalism
Robert Burton

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Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
Idleness
Robert Burton

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No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
Love
Robert Burton

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One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.
Marriage
Robert Burton

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The devil is the author of confusion.
Devil
Robert Burton

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The fear of death is worse than death.
Death and Dying
Robert Burton

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They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.
Humility
Robert Burton

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What can't be cured must be endured.
Medicine
Robert Burton

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun