Maxioms Pet

X

Maxioms by Robert Burton

  ( comments )
  4  /  12  

Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
[Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
Nox read more

Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
[Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
Nox nulla secuta est.]

by Robert Burton Found in: Wonders Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  31  

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time,
which every day produces, and which most read more

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time,
which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but
which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction
for the life of man.

by Robert Burton Found in: Idleness Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  9  /  10  

[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio
doemonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call read more

[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio
doemonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call
changelings.

by Robert Burton Found in: Childhood Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  21  /  22  

Out of too much learning become mad.

Out of too much learning become mad.

by Robert Burton Found in: Learning Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  33  /  25  

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons read more

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons in him.

by Robert Burton Found in: Character Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet