When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they a… - Thomas Browne

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When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken under the rose.

Thomas Browne

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Sir Thomas Browne, MD (19 October 1605 – 19 October 1682) was an English author of varied works which disclose his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric.

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There is Dross, Alloy, and Embasement in all human Temper; and he flieth without Wings, who thinks to find Ophyr and pure Metal in any.

How shall the dead arise, is no question of my faith; to believe only possibilities, is not faith, but mere philosophy.

There is no man alone, because every man is a Microcosm, and carries the whole world about him.

When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken under the rose. - Thomas Browne

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