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. |