Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne
Sir Thomas Brownewas an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. Browne's writings display a deep curiosity towards the natural world, influenced by the scientific revolution of Baconian enquiry. Browne's literary works are permeated by references to Classical and Biblical sources as well as the idiosyncrasies of his own personality. Although often described as suffering from melancholia, his writings are also characterised by wit...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 October 1605
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.
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.
There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.
Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
We term sleep a death, and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits that are the house of life.
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own.
By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also.
Light that makes things seen, makes some things invisible.
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.
All the wonders you seek are within yourself.