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He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself (Christian morals).
Thomas Browne
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Thomas Browne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1605
Born: October 19
Died: 1682
Died: October 19
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He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe.
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Think not silence the wisdom of fools but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity.
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For God is like a skilfull Geometrician.
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We censure others but as they disagree from that humor which we fancy laudable in ourselves, and commend others but for that wherein they seem to quadrate and consent with us.
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Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
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