Sir Thomas Browne

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    “From alle wymmen mi love is lent
    And lyht on Alysoun.”
    —Unknown. Alison. . .

    Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939)

    “Great is the hand that holds dominion over
    Man by a scribbled name.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”
    —Thomas Browne (1605–1682)