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Robert Burton Quotes

«Why are Italians at this day generally so good poets and painters? Because every man of any fashion amongst them hath his mistress»
«Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven»
Author: Robert Burton (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Destiny | Keywords: go by, hanging, matches
«Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes»
Author: Robert Burton (Clergyman, Writer) | Keywords: Italy
«England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes»
Author: Robert Burton (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Country, Paradise | Keywords: Italy
«There is something in a woman beyond all human delight; a magnetic virtue, a charming quality, an occult and powerful motive»
Author: Robert Burton (Clergyman, Writer) | Keywords: occult
«A good husband makes a good wife»
«A good conscience is a continual feast.»
Author: Robert Burton (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Conscience | Keywords: continual, feast
«Our wrangling lawyers are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' cases hereafter, some of them in hell»
«Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both»
«How much more cruel the pen may be than the sword»

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