Sunday, October 17, 2010
An Ordinary Thing
Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 2, Sec. 3, Mem. 7:
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It is an ordinary thing in these days to see a base impudent ass, illiterate, unworthy, insufficient, to be preferred before his betters, because he can put himself forward, because he looks big, can bustle in the world, hath a fair outside, can temporize, collogue, insinuate, or hath good store of friends or money; whereas a more discreet, modest, and better deserving man shall lie hid or have a repulse. 'Twas so of old, and ever will be...
