Robert Burton

We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal
from Homer . . read more

We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal
from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes
last is commonly best.

Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.

Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.

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.

They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.

They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.

When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.

When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.