Author: Thomas Browne

Quotes

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.

- Thomas Browne

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

- Thomas Browne

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

- Thomas Browne

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

- Thomas Browne

Death is the cure for all diseases.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

- Thomas Browne

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

- Thomas Browne

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

- Thomas Browne

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.

- Thomas Browne

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

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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