Tuesday, July 05, 2016

quote of the Day for 2016-07-05


"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 (1577-1640) The Anatomy of Melancholy, part 1, section 2, member 3. subsection 13 (1621)

The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Lovis Corinth (1897)
The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Lovis Corinth (1897)

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