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They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.
Robert Burton
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Robert Burton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1577
Born: February 8
Died: 1640
Died: January 25
Essayist
Scholar
University Teacher
Writer
Leicestershire
England
Democritus Junior
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Chains
Cages
Still
Cease
Wheel
Much
Anxiety
Chain
Make
Ambition
Climb
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Never
Dog
Climbs
Squirrel
Men
Bird
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Squirrels
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Wheels
Incessant
Business
Labour
Cage
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