What did Thomas Browne mean by: Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks. - Thomas Browne Physician · England Copy
+ Sleep is death’s younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Brother, Prayer, Sleep, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Gardens were before gardeners, and but some hours after the earth. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Earth, Garden, Hours, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Heart, Keys, Locks, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ By compassion we make others’ misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Compassion, Misery, Sad, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Age, Habit, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Should your riches increase, let your mind keep pace with them. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Mind, Pace, Riches, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Soul, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Enough, Lows, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
You can consider this carved in stone: I rule out becoming Herman Van Rompuy’s successor. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. - Frank Herbert Author · USA
Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles. - Frederick Sommer Photographer · USA
The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
I can’t leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls… She’s too precious to give up. - Megan Whalen Turner Author · USA
When a good change is flowing towards you, don’t stand like the river stones before it! - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
