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Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.

Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.

by Robert Burton Found in: Cookery Quotes,
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Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.

Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.

by Robert Burton Found in: Education Quotes,
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From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam read more

From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]

by Robert Burton Found in: Pen Quotes,
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The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.

The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.

by Robert Burton Found in: Eyes Quotes,
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The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.

The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.

by Robert Burton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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