| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2139 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (15771640) |
| QUOTATION: | Though they [philosophers] write contemptu gloriæ, yet as Hieron observes, they will put their names to their books. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 14. |
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