"We term sleep a death, and yet it……" — Thomas Browne
"We term sleep a death, and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits that are the house of life."
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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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More Death Quotes
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
— Hannah Arendt
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
— Aristotle
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To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,…
— Aristotle
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I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating…
— Giorgio Armani
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I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every…
— J. J. Abrams
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a…
— Karen Armstrong
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
— Matthew Arnold
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
— Matthew Arnold
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
— Isaac Asimov
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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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