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Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog?
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Everything, saith Epictetus, hath two handles,—the one to be held by, the other not.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
The commonwealth of Venice in their armory have this inscription: "Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war."
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
All my joys to this are folly
Naught so sweet as melancholy.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
We can make majors and officers every year, but not scholars.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to worship by all means the gods of the place.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Though they [philosophers] write contemptu gloriæ, yet as Hieron observes, they will put their names to their books.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Like him in Æsop, he whipped his horses withal, and put his shoulder to the wheel.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and some of our city captains and carpet knights will make this good, and prove it.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
Fabricius finds certain spots and clouds in the sun.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
And hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)