Anatomy of Melancholy
a noted English work by Robert Burton, published in 1621. There are three parts:
1. The causes and symptoms of melancholy.
2. Its cure.
3. Erotic and religious melancholy.
2. Its cure.
3. Erotic and religious melancholy.
This book is the very curious life work of a visionary, and somewhat humorous, bookworm. It is "an enormous medley of ideas, musical, medical, practical, poetical, mathematical, philosophical; every page garnished with Latin, Greek, or French, from rare and unknown authors." The Anatomy of Melancholy has been republished and abridged many times. At the present day it is little read, but frequently quoted.
See Burton
QUOTATIONS.
Naught so sweet as melancholy.
Rob Peter, and pay Paul.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Matches are made in heaven.
Make a virtue of necessity.
Rob Peter, and pay Paul.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Matches are made in heaven.
Make a virtue of necessity.
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