# The Anatomy of Melancholy

- Author: [Robert Burton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-burton.md)
- Quotes: 3
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-burton/the-anatomy-of-melancholy

## Quotes

> All my joys to this are folly
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> Naught so sweet as melancholy.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-burton/the-anatomy-of-melancholy/all-my-joys.md)

> The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde.

p. 40 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-burton/the-anatomy-of-melancholy/the-chinese-say.md)

> A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-burton/the-anatomy-of-melancholy/a-blow-with.md)