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Thomas Browne

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Thomas Browne belongs to that rare category of people whose words are more famous than their biography. Thomas Browne's observations on Faith are as sharp as their thoughts on Death, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Browse 11 quotes by Thomas Browne that cover ground from Faith, Death, Society, Nature, and Humor. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason."

“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.”

— Thomas Browne

Alone

All Quotes by Thomas Browne

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

— Thomas Browne

Death

“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.”

— Thomas Browne

Alone

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

— Thomas Browne

Faith

“All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.”

— Thomas Browne

Art

“Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.”

— Thomas Browne

Age

“Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.”

— Thomas Browne

Humor

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

— Thomas Browne

Faith

“We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.”

— Thomas Browne

Death