All Thomas Browne Quotes
- Oblivion is not to be hired: The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the… Been
- Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others. Appearest
- To make an end of all things on Earth, and our Planetical System of the World, he (God) need but put out the Sun. All
- And surely, he that hath taken the true Altitude of Things, and rightly calculated the degenerate state of this Age, is not like to envy… Age
- That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed. Dreamed
- Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors... Authors
- Every Country hath its Machiavel. Country
- The man without a navel still lives in me. Lives
- He who must needs have company, must needs have sometimes bad company. Bad
- (Death is) A leap into the dark. Dark
- Tis hard to find a whole age to imitate, or what century to propose for example. Age
- We do but learn to-day what our better advanced judgements will unteach us tomorrow. Advanced
- If riches increase, let thy mind hold pace with them; and think it not enough to be liberal, but munificent. Generosity
- Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits. Age
- Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth. Evidently
- Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth. Charged
- Lord deliver me from myself. Deliver
- How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity
- It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her… Almighty
- I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures… Action