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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

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

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Good wine makes good blood. – Italian proverb

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Who loves not women, wine, and song, remains a fool his whole life long. – German Proverb

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Wine is a turn-coat, first a friend, then an enemy. – French proverb

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Bacchus scatters devouring cares. – Horace

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