When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken
under the rose.
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-- Vulgar Errors
under the rose.
-- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
-- Vulgar Errors
Related:
- Quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Dedication to Urn... - Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. Jackson Browne, P. S. I Love... - Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to
become,
do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds... - The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
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Sir Thomas... - If what we see is somewhat doubtful,
how can we believe what is spoken behind our back... - What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid
himself among women.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Dedication to Urn... - The words we use can compound our
problems... - Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we
cannot abide.
John Selden (1584-1654) --... - Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied;
We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping...
