Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne
Sir Thomas Brownewas an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. Browne's writings display a deep curiosity towards the natural world, influenced by the scientific revolution of Baconian enquiry. Browne's literary works are permeated by references to Classical and Biblical sources as well as the idiosyncrasies of his own personality. Although often described as suffering from melancholia, his writings are also characterised by wit...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 October 1605
To make an end of all things on Earth, and our Planetical System of the World, he (God) need but put out the Sun.
Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies, and the mortal right-lined circle must conclude and shut up all.
I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.
Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks.
Light is but the shadow of God.
I can hardly thinke there was any scared into Heaven; they go the surest way to Heaven who would serve God without a Hell; other Mercenaries, that crouch unto Him in feare of Hell, though they terme themselves servants, are indeed but the slaves of the Almighty.
Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.
He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.
Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.
Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own.
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.
Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich.
The vices we scoff at in others laugh at us within ourselves.
It is we that are blind, not fortune.