„L'ozio è un'appendice della nobiltà.“
— Robert Burton
citato in Focus, n. 49, p. 120
Frasi di Robert Burton
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Robert Burton
Data di nascita:8. Febbraio 1577
Data di morte:25. Gennaio 1640
Robert Burton è stato un saggista inglese.
Frasi Robert Burton
„Infarciscono i loro libri magri del grasso di altre opere.“
— Robert Burton
citato in Focus, n. 77, p. 146
„I confronti sono odiosi.“
— Robert Burton
citato in Giuseppe Fumagalli, Chi l'ha detto?, Hoepli, 1921, p. 296
„[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
„He that increaseth wisdom, increaseth sorrow.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
„I am not poor, I am not rich; nihil est, nihil deest, I have little, I want nothing: all my treasure is in Minerva’s tower... I live still a collegiate student... and lead a monastic life, ipse mihi theatrum [sufficient entertainment to myself], sequestered from those tumults and troubles of the world... aulae vanitatem, fori ambitionem, ridere mecum soleo [I laugh to myself at the vanities of the court, the intrigues of public life], I laugh at all.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
„Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
„What cannot be cured must be endured.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
„If you like not my writing, go read something else.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
„Every man for himself, the devil for all.“
— Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
