Monday, October 01, 2007
The Pursuit of Knowledge
Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. I, Sec. 2, Memb. 3, Subs. 15:
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How many poor scholars have lost their wits, or become dizzards, neglecting all worldly affairs and their own health, wealth, esse and bene esse, to gain knowledge for which, after all their pains, in this world's esteem they are accounted ridiculous and silly fools, idiots, asses, and (as oft they are) rejected, contemned, derided, doting, and mad.
