All my griefs to this are jolly, naught so damn'd as melancholy

All my griefs to this are jolly, naught so damn'd as melancholy

Robert Burton was a 17th-century English scholar and writer best known for his work "The Anatomy of Melancholy." In this extensive and influential book, Burton delves into the various causes, symptoms, and treatments of melancholy, a condition that was believed to be a form of depression at the time. The quote "All my griefs to this are jolly, naught so damn'd as melancholy" is a line from Burton's work that encapsulates the complex and often contradictory nature of the condition.