Thomas Browne Quotations | Page 2

There is no man alone, because every man is a Microcosm, and carries the whole world about him.

To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history.

But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.

I can cure the gout or stone in some, sooner than Divinity, Pride, or Avarice in others.

I love to lose myself in a mystery to pursue my reason to an O altitudo.

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives.

I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.

I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles.

Whosoever enjoys not this life, I count him but an apparition, though he wear about him the sensible affections of flesh. In these moral acceptions, the way to be immortal is to die daily.