Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
More Quotes from Thomas Browne:
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls but the shadows of the living. All things fall under this name. The sun itself is but the dark simulacrum, and light but the shadow of God.Thomas Browne
He hath riches sufficient, who hath enough to be charitable.
Thomas Browne
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
Thomas Browne
... indeed what reason may not go to Schoole to the wisdome of Bees, Ants, and Spiders what wise hand teacheth them to doe what reason cannot teach us ruder heads stand amazed at those prodigious pieces of nature, Whales, Elephants, Dromidaries and Camels these I confesse, are the Colossus and Majestick pieces of her hand but in these narrow Engines there is more curious Mathematicks, and the civilitie of these little Citizens more neatly sets forth the wisdome of their Maker.
Thomas Browne
Not pickt from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.
Thomas Browne
To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
Thomas Browne
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: constancy, obstinacyCreate like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.
Constantin Brancusi
I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
Major Owens
I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned.
Jackie Jackson