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Life is itself but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. All things fall under this name. The sun itself is but the dark simulacrum, and light but the shadow of God.


Thomas Browne Sr.

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HARRY BROWNE Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a wom...
THOM BROWNE When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember...
JACKSON BROWNE Don't confront me with my failures. I have not forgotten them.
JACKSON BROWNE Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? T...
HARRY BROWNE Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're w...
HARRY BROWNE When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the wor...
HARRY BROWNE No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alo...
JACKSON BROWNE The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do -- by yourself, upon your own initiative.
HARRY BROWNE You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- ev...
HARRY BROWNE Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make ...
HARRY BROWNE The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
MERRY BROWNE You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to p...
HARRY BROWNE You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there.
HARRY BROWNE Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good cons...
HARRY BROWNE The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
MARY BROWNE I'm not Amish, but I grew up in that same area of Pennsylvania and became very attracted to the ...
THOM BROWNE The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
SYLVIA BROWNE A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they&#...
SYLVIA BROWNE Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
ANTHONY BROWNE Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religiou...
HARRY BROWNE The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, mor...
HARRY BROWNE I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.
SYLVIA BROWNE The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of...
ANTHONY BROWNE The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a care...
HARRY BROWNE Since Brooks Brothers is a 189-year-old company, there are plenty of references and inspirations I c...
THOM BROWNE