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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2132 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2132
AUTHOR:Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:[Desire] is a perpetual rack, or horsemill, according to Austin, still going round as in a ring.
ATTRIBUTION:Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 11.