Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.

Quote by Thomas Browne

Topics: Summertime Quotes

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.

It is we that are blind, not fortune.

It is we that are blind, not fortune.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it...

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it...

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and...

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and...

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?...

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?...

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare...

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare...

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my...

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...