Maxioms by Robert Burton
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.
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.]
Out of too much learning become mad.
Out of too much learning become mad.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
They had their lean books with the fat of others' works.
