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Quotation from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“I write of melancholy, by being busy to avoid melancholy. There is no greater cause of melancholy than idleness, no better cure than business”
The Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus Junior to the Reader (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638))
Burton's explanation of why he wrote the book, presenting the work itself as treatment.
Citation: "I write of melancholy, by being busy to avoid melancholy. There is no greater cause of melancholy than idleness, no better cure than business" — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus Junior to the Reader (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638)). (id the-anatomy-of-melancholy-q3)
Portrait: Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, Gilbert Jackson, Public domain.
