There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.
More Quotes from Thomas Browne:
That miracles have been, I do believe that they may yet be wrought by the living, I do not deny but I have no confidence on those which are fathered on the dead.Thomas Browne
It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.
Thomas Browne
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.
Thomas Browne
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
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
Should your riches increase, let your mind keep pace with them.
Thomas Browne
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.Cat Stevens
Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that.
Gregory Corso
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
Friedrich Schiller