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Robert Burton

(8 Feb 1577 - 25 Jan 1640)

English clergyman and scholar.

Science Quotes by Robert Burton (1)

Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.

— Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy (1857), 431.

See also: | Health (43) | Money (46) | Recovery (4)

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