Quotes from book
Christian Morals

Name: Christian Morals
Author: Thomas Browne

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.

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

Thomas Browne book Christian Morals

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

“He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.”

Thomas Browne book Christian Morals

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

“To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to feather the arrows of our enemies, to lash ourselves with the scorpions of our foes, and to resolve to sleep no more.”

Thomas Browne book Christian Morals

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

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

Thomas Browne book Christian Morals

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

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

Thomas Browne book Christian Morals

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

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

Thomas Browne book Christian Morals

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

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