Thomas Browne Quotes
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A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
Thomas Browne
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Author Details:
Type:
Scientist Quotes
Category:
British Scientist Quotes
Date of Birth:
October 19, 1605
Date of Death:
October 19, 1682
Nationality:
British
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Select Thomas Browne Quotations:
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
Thomas Browne
Death is the cure for all diseases.
Thomas Browne
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
Thomas Browne
It is we that are blind, not fortune.
Thomas Browne
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.
Thomas Browne
There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.
Thomas Browne
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Quote Keywords:

City,
Forced,
Just,
Man,
May,
Possession,
Surrender,
Truth,
Yet
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Dictionary Links:

City,
Forced,
Just,
Man,
May,
Possession,
Surrender,
Truth,
Yet
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All Thomas Browne Quotations:
A man may be in as...
All things are artificial, for nature...
As reason is a rebel to...
Be able to be alone. Lose...
Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
Charity But how shall we expect...
Death is the cure for all diseases.
Forcible ways make not an end...
It is the common wonder of...
It is we that are blind...
Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles...
Life itself is but the shadow...
Man is a noble animal, splendid...
Men live by intervals of reason...
Obstinacy in a bad cause is...
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken...
There are mystically in our faces...
Though it be in the power...
To believe only possibilities is not...
We all labor against our own...
We carry within us the wonders...
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