"The severe schools shall never laugh me out……" — Thomas Browne
"The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in that invisible fabric."
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Thomas Browne
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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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Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
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The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.
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True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit…
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The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things-the power to tell the good from the bad, the…
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Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward.…
— Dan Barker
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Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget…
— Laozi
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In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we…
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Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart…
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You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest…
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Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Death is not as terrible as you think. It comes to you as a healer. Sleep is nothing but a…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
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