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What does it mean?
The author claims external appearances and fortune do not define his true worth or spirit. He transcends the physical limits represented by Atlas.
In plain terms
Do not judge me by how I look or how rich I am because my spirit is much higher.
What can you take from it?
Define yourself by inner worth rather than outward status.

Where it applies

  • social judgment
  • personal identity
  • self assertion

Putting it to work

  • assert inner value
  • ignore superficial judgments

Questions to consider

  • What defines your true height?
  • How do you resist judgment?

Another view

Claiming superiority can be mistaken for arrogance without substance.

More from Sir Thomas Browne

  1. For the world, I count it not an Inn, but a Hospital, and a place, not to live, but to die in.

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  2. There is surely a piece of Divinity within us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun.

    Permalink to quote #29
  3. There is no man alone, because every man is a Microcosm, and carries the whole world about him.

    Permalink to quote #26

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