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Thomas Browne quotes

British Scientist October 19, 1605 – October 19, 1682

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Thomas Browne quote: "Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but..."
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away..."
Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us."
Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God."
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. Thomas Browne
If thou could'st empty all thyself of self, like to a shell dishabited, then might He find thee on the ocean shelf, and say "This is not dead," and fill thee with Himself instead. But thou art all replete with very thou and hast such shrewd activity, that when He comes He says, "This is enow unto itself-'twere better let it be, it is so small and full, there is no room for Me. Thomas Browne
There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. Thomas Browne
Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. Thomas Browne
Thus is Man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live, not onely like other creatures in divers elements, but in divided and distinguished worlds: for though there be but one to sense, there are two to reason, the one visible, the other invisible. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and..."
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good."
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. Thomas Browne
Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "Death is the cure for all diseases."
Death is the cure for all diseases. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "We all labour against our own cure, for death is the cure of..."
We all labour against our own cure, for death is the cure of all disease. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of..."
We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases. Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne quote: "To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy."
To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy. Thomas Browne

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