The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself. Thomas Browne More Quotes by Thomas Browne More Quotes From Thomas Browne Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us. Thomas Browne motivationalinspirationallife There are wonders in true affection. It is a body of enigmas, mysteries, and riddles, wherein two so become one, as they both become two. Thomas Browne bodylovetwo All things began in Order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again, according to the Ordainer of Order, and the mystical mathematicks of the City of Heaven. Thomas Browne citiesmathorder For the world, I count it not an inn, but a hospital; and a place not to live, but to die in. Thomas Browne lifescienceworld All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. Thomas Browne naturegodart No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer. Thomas Browne templessoulscience Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite. Thomas Browne charityhelping-othersinspirational Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. Thomas Browne shadow-of-deathdepartedsoul 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. Thomas Browne voicehomemen How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Thomas Browne executionerscharitablecharity Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. Thomas Browne stubbornnessobstinacycauses Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. Thomas Browne wrinklesenvyage As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. Thomas Browne rebeluprisingpassion It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike. Thomas Browne facescommonmen 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. Thomas Browne dyingdeathhands The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. Thomas Browne dyinglifelong Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one man. Thomas Browne self-confidenceself-esteemart A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. Thomas Browne wisdomwisemen A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender. Thomas Browne citiestruthmen It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her blind, and hoodwink the providence of the Almighty. Thomas Browne mysteryblindeye
