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Grave, Man

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

- Thomas Browne

Other quotes by Thomas Browne


Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

- Thomas Browne

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

- Thomas Browne

Death is the cure for all diseases.

- Thomas Browne

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

- Thomas Browne

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

- Thomas Browne

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

- Thomas Browne

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