SIR THOMAS BROWNE QUOTES II

English physician & author (1605-1682)

There is no man alone, because every man is a microcosm, and carries the whole world about him.

SIR THOMAS BROWNE

Religio Medici


To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days, and our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge of repetitions.

SIR THOMAS BROWNE

Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial


There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

SIR THOMAS BROWNE

The Anatomy of Melancholy


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

SIR THOMAS BROWNE

Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial