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

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Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

Physician

· England

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The world, which took six days to make, is likely to take us six thousand years to make out.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

Devil
Heart

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It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

Common
Faces

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Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

Thyself

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No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

Judgement

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To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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

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

Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

The world, which took six days to make, is likely to take us six thousand years to make out.

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

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.

No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature.

It is the greatest of crimes to depress true art and science.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. Explain

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

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

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