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Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.

Thomas Browne

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Thomas Browne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1605
Born: October 19
Died: 1682
Died: October 19
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Philosopher
Physician
Physician Writer
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London
England
Sir Thomas Browne
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I can cure the gout or stone in some, sooner than Divinity, Pride, or Avarice in others.
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That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed.
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Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is reasonably resumed from it let monuments and rich fabricks, not riches, adorn men's ashes.
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