Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a… — Sir Thomas Browne
Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives.
1682
★ 3.5Provenance
Current citation
Browne, Thomas, Sir. "On Dreams." Sir Thomas Browne: The Major Works, edited by C. A. Patrides. Penguin Classics, 1977.
Original citation
Browne, Thomas, Sir. "On Dreams." The Collected Works of Sir Thomas Browne. Norwich: Fletcher and Son, c. 1835.
