Quote#Kindness
I may not here omit those two main plagues and common dotages of…
Quote byRobert Burton · 1577–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part I, Section 2, member 3, subsection 13, Love of Gaming, &c. and pleasures immoderate; Causes..
English (original)
I may not here omit those two main plagues and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people; they go commonly together.
— Robert Burton
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