Maxioms by Sir Thomas Browne
Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost
lost that built it.
Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost
lost that built it.
God is like a skilful Geometrician.
God is like a skilful Geometrician.
Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.
Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.
Sleep is a death, O make me try,
By sleeping, what it is to die:
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Sleep is a death, O make me try,
By sleeping, what it is to die:
And as gently lay my head
On my grave, as now my bed.
Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.
Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.