Robert Burton Quotes


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


Citations

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Edited by Holbrook Jackson, New York Review Books, 2001.

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Robert Burton
Robert Burton
  • Born: February 8, 1577
  • Died: January 25, 1640
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Writer

Robert Burton was an English writer and fellow of Oxford University, best known for his encyclopedic book The Anatomy of Melancholy.