Maxioms by Robert Burton
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
