There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.

Quote by Thomas Browne

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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.

It is we that are blind, not fortune.

It is we that are blind, not fortune.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of...

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of...

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...

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.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there...

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there...

Death is the cure for all diseases.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

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.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

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.

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?...

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

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