Diseases crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them so many anatomies.
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John. Mayor, in the first book of his 'History of Scotland,' contends much for the wholesomeness of oaten bread it was objected to him, then living at Paris, that his countrymen fed on oats and base grain.... And yet Wecker out of Galen calls it horse-meat, and fitter juments than men to feed on.Robert Burton
Desire is a perpetual rack, or horse mill, according to Austin, still going round as in a ring.
Robert Burton
I would help others, out of a fellow-feeling.
Robert Burton
Women wear the breeches.
Robert Burton
From this it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.
Robert Burton
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
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