Quote #16

How shall the dead arise, is no question of my faith; to believe only possibilities, is not faith, but mere philosophy.

More from Sir Thomas Browne

  1. I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles.
  2. The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.
  3. Whosoever enjoys not this life, I count him but an apparition, though he wear about him the sensible affections of flesh. In these moral ac…
  4. There is no road or ready way to virtue.
  5. I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof; 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures, that in a moment can so disfigure…
  6. I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.
  7. This reasonable moderator, and equal piece of justice, Death.
  8. They that endeavour to abolish vice destroy also virtue, for contraries, though they destroy one another, are yet the life of one another.

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