Quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests.
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-- Dedication to Urn-Burial, Chap. v
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-- Dedication to Urn-Burial, Chap. v
Related:
- Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Dedication to Urn... - Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost
that built it.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Dedication to Urn... - What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid
himself among women.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Dedication to Urn... - I look upon you as gem of the old rock.
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-
Dedication to Urn... - Times before you, when even living men were antiquities,
when the living might exceed the dead, and to depart... - When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken
under the rose.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Vulgar... - The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
-
Sir Thomas... - He hath riches sufficient, who hath enough to be charitable.
Sir Thomas... - Nature is the art of God.
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-
Religio Medici, Part i, Sect....
From the same category:
- Bon appetite
... - One man's theology is another man's belly
laugh... - What was the worst thing you've ever done?"
"I won't tell you that,
but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened... - The best investment you can make is
hard work... - Make your dreams your goals,
not your goals your dreams...
