219 Quotes by Thomas Browne

Natura nihil agit frustra [Nature does nothing in vain] is the only indisputible axiom in philosophy. There are no grotesques in nature; not any thing framed to fill up empty cantons, and unncecessary spaces.

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

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

To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history.

I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.

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

For the world, I count it not an inn, but a hospital; and a place not to live, but to die in.

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

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.