Naught so sweet as melancholy.
No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspec… - Robert A. Burton
No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspec…
- Robert A. Burton
Out of too much learning become mad. - Robert A. Burton
Out of too much learning become mad.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers end. - Robert A. Burton
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers end.
Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us th… - Robert A. Burton
Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us th…
Certainty and similar states of ‘knowing what we know’ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of … - Robert A. Burton
Certainty and similar states of ‘knowing what we know’ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of …
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to a… - Robert A. Burton
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to a…
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposals, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity. - Robert A. Burton
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposals, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.
Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin … - Robert A. Burton
Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin …
Naught so sweet as melancholy. - Robert A. Burton
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