Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that have examined the parts of man, and know upon what tender filaments that fabric hangs, do wonder that we are not always so; and considering the thousand doors that lead to death, do thank my God that we can die but once. β¨ Sir Thomas Browne (1839). Religio Medici, p.80
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- The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. β¨ 'Hydriotaphia' (Urn Burial, 1658) ch. 5
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- Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity. β¨ Sir Thomas Browne (1852). The Works of Sir Thomas Bro β¦ βΆ
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