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
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
The religion of one seems madness unto another.
Women do most delight in revenge.
Nor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.
Think not thy time short in this world, since the world itself is not long. The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity, and a short interposition, for a time, between such a state of duration as was before it and may be after it.