He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.Robert Burton (1577-1640) English scholar
Anatomy of Melancholy, Part 3, sec. 2, member 5, subsec. 5 (1621, 2nd ed.)
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Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse; envy alone wants both. Other sins last but for awhile; the gut may be satisfied, anger remits, hatred hath an end, envy never ceaseth.
[Omne peccatum aut excusationem secum habet, aut voluptatem, sola invidia utraque caret, reliqua vitia finem habent, ira defervescit, gala satiatur, odium finem habet, invidia nunquam quiescit.]
Robert Burton (1577-1640) English scholar
The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1.2.3.7 (1621-51)
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Burton is quoting here, but it is unclear whom.
One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague.
Sickness and sorrows come and go, but a superstitious soul hath no rest.