Thomas Browne Quote Explained: Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

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

Physician

· England

Common
Faces

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Sleep is death’s younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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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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Art is the perfection of nature, … nature is the art of God.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

Age
Habit

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How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

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

Sleep is death’s younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.

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

Art is the perfection of nature, … nature is the art of God.

Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own.

Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits.

How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.

Journalism encourages haste … and haste is the enemy of art.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends.

It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

Time will be your friend or your enemy; it will promote you or expose you.

You changed the rules of the universe when you fell in love with the enemy.

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

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