"Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may……" — Thomas Browne
"Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors..."
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137 Quotes by Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne has 137 quotes on this site.
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We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
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All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
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Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
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Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.
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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
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Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
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Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plan religion.
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I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment…
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Death hath a thousand doors to let out life. I shall find one.
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Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the…
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Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
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It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading…
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom…
— Albert Camus
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
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