What did Thomas Browne mean by: He who must needs have company, must needs have sometimes bad company. - Thomas Browne Physician · England Copy
+ Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Animal, Death, 0 - 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. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Science, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Thyself, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Improbable, Laughed, 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
+ He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb’s the Universe. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Graves, Lying, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ I can cure the gout or stone in some, sooner than Divinity, Pride, or Avarice in others. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Divinity, Pride, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magick of numbers. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Browne, Numbers, Secret, 0 - Thomas Browne Physician · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France