No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
Robert Burton
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Robert Burton entry; Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Sourc
- Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.
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