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

Thomas Browne
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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. ✨ 'Hydriotaphia' (Urn Burial, 1658) ch. 5
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