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The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Were the happinesse of the next world as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Compromise1 quote
A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Creation1 quote
All things are artificiall, for nature is the Art of God. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Criticizing others1 quote
He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1682Death1 quote
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Diversity of opinion1 quote
I 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 · 1643Effects of time1 quote
Time which antiquates Antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Fear of death1 quote
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Formation of character1 quote
There is no road or ready way to vertue. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643God and man1 quote
There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Heaven1 quote
Were the happinesse of the next world as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Human nature1 quote
There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Kindness1 quote
But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Life and death1 quote
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Man and nature1 quote
There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Nature1 quote
All things are artificiall, for nature is the Art of God. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Obstinacy1 quote
Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Open-mindedness1 quote
I 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 · 1643Perfectionism1 quote
But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Praising oneself1 quote
He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1682Relativism1 quote
Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Religious persecution1 quote
Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant Religion. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Self-criticism1 quote
But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves? — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Sleep1 quote
Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1682Steadfastness1 quote
Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Surrender1 quote
A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643The afterlife1 quote
Were the happinesse of the next world as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Time as destroyer1 quote
Time which antiquates Antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Tolerance1 quote
I 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 · 1643Truth1 quote
A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643