Robert Burton

I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.

I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which read more

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted
myriads of people: they go commonly together.

A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.

A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our
skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our
skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.