Robert Burton, Maxioms by Robert Burton Biography

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For I light my candle from their torches.

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I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

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Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
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Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
[Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the Devil.]

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A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

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There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy.

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