Thomas Browne Quotes - Page 8

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• He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe.

  Thomas Browne

  Lying, Want, Graves

  Sir Thomas Browne (1841). “Religio Medici: To which is Added Hydriotaphia, Or Urn-burial; a Discourse on Sepulchral Urns”, p.79

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• Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.

  Thomas Browne

  Men, Victory, Desire

  1634-5 Religio Medici (published 1643), pt.1, section 6.

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• Gardens were before gardeners, and but some hours after the earth.

  Thomas Browne

  Garden, Earth, Hours

  Sir Thomas Browne (1835). “Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns”, p.386

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