219 Quotes by Thomas Browne

Tis hard to find a whole age to imitate, or what century to propose for example.

Times before you, when even the living men were Antiquities; when the living might exceed the dead, and to depart this world, could not be properly said, to go unto the greater number.

He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself (Christian morals).

Rich with the spoils of nature.

We do but learn to-day what our better advanced judgements will unteach us tomorrow.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

(Death is) A leap into the dark.

I had rather stand the shock of a basilisk than the fury of a merciless pen.

That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed.