British - Scientist | October 19, 1605 - October 19, 1682
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
Thomas Browne
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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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Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.
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We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
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A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
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As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.
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All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
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Death is the cure for all diseases.
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We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.
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Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
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