Quotes by Burton, Sir Richard

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how t >>

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that c >>

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces >>

Quotations about Affliction

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. >>

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not ami >>

To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to >>

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Burton, Sir Richard