Maxioms Pet

X

Maxioms by Sir Thomas Browne

  ( comments )
  8  /  11  

Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent.
[Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving
read more

Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent.
[Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving
friends are held in strict silence.]

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  45  /  42  

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Haste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  19  /  29  

Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making read more

Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own, I may more
easily discuss them; for in mine own reason, and within myself, I
can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and
within the circle of another.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Friends Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  10  

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Religion Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  7  /  9  

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Nature Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet