Thomas Browne Quotes about Solitude

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Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

Thomas Browne

Being Alone, Self, Solitude

Sir Thomas Browne (1844). “Religio Medici [and] Its Sequel Christian Morals”, p.176

A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

Thomas Browne

Men, Solitude, Devil

Sir Thomas Browne (1845). “Religio Medici: to which is Added Hydriotaphia, Or Urn-burial: A Discourse on Sepulchral Urns”, p.137

There is no such thing as solitude, nor anything that can be said to be alone and by itself but God, who is His own circle, and can subsist by Himself.

Thomas Browne

Circles, Solitude, Said

Sir Thomas Browne (1852). “Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio medici. The garden of Cyprus”, p.443