John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2131 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2131 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | [Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them so many anatomies. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 10. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Quotation 5. [back] |