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

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

Physician

· England

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Habit

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He who must needs have company, must needs have sometimes bad company.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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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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Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence.

- Thomas Browne

Physician

· England

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No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer.

- 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.

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

He who must needs have company, must needs have sometimes bad company.

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

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

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.

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

The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence.

No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer.

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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