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Sleep is death's younger brother, and so like him, that I never dare trust him without my prayers.
Thomas Browne
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Thomas Browne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1605
Born: October 19
Died: 1682
Died: October 19
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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
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He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe.
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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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Every Country hath its Machiavel.
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