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Robert Burton on Graduation

1577–1640 England

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Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers' end.

The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)

Out of too much learning become mad.

The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)

We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain we were sound as they,
But the prizes were not ours.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Burton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.