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Quote by Robert Burton
I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together. – Robert Burton

Other quotes by Robert Burton

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. – Robert Burton

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Love
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Robert Burton
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning loves the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning. – Robert Burton

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Morning
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Robert Burton
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Other Quotes from
Wine
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Wine makes old wives wenches. – English proverb

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Wine

If you wish to keep your affairs secret, drink no wine. – Proverb

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Wine

The flavour of wine is like delicate poetry. – Louis Pasteur

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Wine

Bacchus scatters devouring cares. – Horace

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Wine

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I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and Im not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books. – Jean M. Auel

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The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet. – Anthony J. DAngelo

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power

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. – H.U. Westermayer

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