Robert Burton Famous Quotes
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
"Penny wise, pound foolish."
"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top."
A good conscience is a continual feast.
"No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread."
Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.
Robert Burton Quotations
"Inside each and every one of us is a person that no one knows. A person, should you take the time to look,is waiting to be discovered, Wanting you to take notice. Take a few minutes every day and sit down to chat to this person. Who knows what you may learn"
Neill MacRae
"It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after."
William Shakespeare
Man is the measure of all things.
Protagoras
"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence."
Democritus
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
Anais Nin
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.
Mark Twain
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
Joan Baez
By far the best proof is experience.
Francis Bacon
"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Dylan Thomas
"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone"
James Grover Thurber