Sir Thomas Browne

Famous quotes containing the words sir, thomas and/or browne:

    “That sir which serves and seeks for gain,
    And follows but for form,
    Will pack when it begins to rain,
    And leave thee in the storm.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A saint about to fall,
    The stained flats of heaven hit and razed
    To the kissed kite hems of his shawl....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition.”
    —Thomas Browne (1605–1682)