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Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.

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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
Melancholy
Overcome
Overcoming

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