Thomas Browne Quotes & Sayings

“Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.”

“We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.”

“Death is the cure for all diseases.”

“All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.”

“Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.”

“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.”

“As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.”

“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.”

“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”

“It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.”