Let me not live," saith Aretine's Antonia, "if I had not ra… - Robert Burton

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Let me not live," saith Aretine's Antonia, "if I had not rather hear thy discourse than see a play.

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Robert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640) was an English writer and scholar at Oxford University (at Christ Church), known chiefly for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy.

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Pen Names: Democritus junior

Alternative Names: Democritus Junior

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One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

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Let me not live," saith Aretine's Antonia, "if I had not rather hear thy discourse than see a play. - Robert Burton

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