Robert Burton

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread. ↗

— Robert Burton

#cable #cord #draw #fast #forcibly

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. ↗

— Robert Burton

#candle #effect #enlarge #illustrate #love is

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. ↗

— Robert Burton

#deeper #strikes #sword #than #word

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. ↗

— Robert Burton

#farther #giant #himself #may #see

A good conscience is a continual feast. ↗

— Robert Burton

#continual #feast #good

A quiet mind cureth all. ↗

— Robert Burton

#quiet

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards. ↗

— Robert Burton

#ancient #bastards #been #every #families

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long. ↗

— Robert Burton

#attending #bad #every #every man #good

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. ↗

— Robert Burton

#error #faith #feelings #great #great faith

Idleness is an appendix to nobility. ↗

— Robert Burton

#idleness #nobility