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Christian Morals

Christian Morals

Christian Morals is a prose work written by the physician Sir Thomas Browne as advice for his eldest children. It was published posthumously in 1716 and consists, as its title implies, of meditations upon Christian values and conduct.


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“The noblest Digladiation is in the Theatre of ourselves.”

Part I, Section XXIV
Christian Morals (first pub. post. 1716)

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“He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.”

Part I, Section XXXIV
Christian Morals (first pub. post. 1716)

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Thomas Browne photo

“The created World is but a small Parenthesis in Eternity.”

Part III, Section XXIX
Christian Morals (first pub. post. 1716)

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“Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.”

Part I, Section XIX
Christian Morals (first pub. post. 1716)

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“Burden not the back of Aries, Leo, or Taurus, with thy faults, nor make Saturn, Mars, or Venus, guilty of thy Follies.”

Part III, Section VII
Christian Morals (first pub. post. 1716)

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