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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.

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
Thomas Browne
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Monopoly
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Learning
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Community

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Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth.
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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.
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Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnifying glasses.
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We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
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The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
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Light that makes things seen, makes some things invisible.
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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
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All the wonders you seek are within yourself.
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For my part, I have ever believed, and do now know, that there are witches.
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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.
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But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
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I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.
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Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.
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There are no grotesques in nature not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.
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