British - Scientist | October 19, 1605 - October 19, 1682
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
MottoCarryMayFacesCannotHe
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.
HomeManWorldVoiceCharityEnemy
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.
LifePowerDeathTakeAwayUs
It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.
MenWonderAlikeCommonFacesNone
To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
FaithBelievePossibilitiesOnly
Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
EvilEndHatredLeaveMaliceBehind
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
GoodBadCauseObstinacyConstancy
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.
AloneSolitudeSocietyLoseAble
It is we that are blind, not fortune.
BlindFortune
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