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Religious literature9 quotes
There is no road or ready way to vertue. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643I could never divide my selfe from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgement for not agreeing with mee in that, from which perhaps within a few dayes I should dissent my selfe. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643All 9 quotes →Autobiography and memoir8 quotes
There is no road or ready way to vertue. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643I could never divide my selfe from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgement for not agreeing with mee in that, from which perhaps within a few dayes I should dissent my selfe. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643All 8 quotes →