Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
Death and Dying
Quotations by Sir Thomas Browne
Quotes :
- Joy Browne – perfect "If we give up the notion that everybody's life but ours is perfect, we would be a lot happier. Nobody's life is perfect." ~Joy Browne
- "And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron,… "And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh." - Bible
- "Sometimes we just have to have a total and… "Sometimes we just have to have a total and complete breakdown before we can move on, change or get help. Maybe this has to happen in order for us to have the chance to put the pieces back together in a different way. An opportunity to decide which pieces we need to keep, which ones we need to discard and which ones need to be…
- "No animal should ever jump up on the… "No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." - Fran Lebowitz