Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
More Quotes from Thomas Browne:
Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.Thomas Browne
If there be any among those common objects of hatred I do contemn and laugh at, it is that great enemy of reason, virtue, and religion, the multitude that numerous piece of monstrosity, which, taken asunder, seem men, and the reasonable creatures of God, but, confused together, make but one great beast, and a monstrosity more prodigious than Hydra.
Thomas Browne
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.
Thomas Browne
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
Thomas Browne
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
Thomas Browne
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