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A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
Truth
Sir Thomas Browne

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All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
Nature
Sir Thomas Browne

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As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.
Reason
Sir Thomas Browne

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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
Charity
Sir Thomas Browne

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Death is the cure for all diseases.
Death and Dying
Sir Thomas Browne

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Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
Hatred
Sir Thomas Browne

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It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.
Faces
Sir Thomas Browne

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It is we that are blind, not fortune.
Eyes
Sir Thomas Browne

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Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.
Envy
Sir Thomas Browne

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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
Death and Dying
Sir Thomas Browne

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Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
Passion
Sir Thomas Browne

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Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
Obstinacy
Sir Thomas Browne

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Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
Potential
Sir Thomas Browne

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To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
Faith
Sir Thomas Browne

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We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.
Death and Dying
Sir Thomas Browne

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