Certainly there is no happiness within this circle of flesh, nor is it in the optics of these eyes to behold felicity; the first day of our Jubilee is death

Quote by Thomas Browne Sr

Topics: Happiness Quotes

By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve...

By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve...

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is...

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is...

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner

Vice may be had at all prices

Vice may be had at all prices

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates

Vices are their own punishment

Vices are their own punishment

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her maskVice knows she's ugly, so puts on...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

As far as Im concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as Im concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery

It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect...

It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect...

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty...

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...