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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]