Maxioms by Robert Burton
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
For I light my candle from their torches.
For I light my candle from their torches.
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.]
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy.
There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy.
