What did Thomas Browne mean by: The world, which took six days to make, is likely to take us six thousand years to make out. Thomas Browne Physician · England Copy
+ Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Haste, Procrastination, Wisdom, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself (Christian morals). Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Jealousy, Morality, Self-promotion, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ By compassion we make others’ misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Compassion, Empathy, Relief, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Humor, Passion, Reason, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Since women do most delight in revenge, it may seem but feminine manhood to be vindictive. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Gender, Revenge, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ I had rather stand the shock of a basilisk than the fury of a merciless pen. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Fear, Power, Vulnerability, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Art is the perfection of nature, … nature is the art of God. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, God, Nature, Perfection, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England
+ Sleep is death’s younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Browne, Mortality, Prayer, Trust, 0 Thomas Browne Physician · England