Quote#World
The world that I regard is my selfe, it is the Microcosme of mine…
Quote byThomas Browne · 1605–1682
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part II, Section 12.
English (original)
The world that I regard is my selfe, it is the Microcosme of mine owne frame, that I cast mine eye on; for the other, I use it but like my Globe, and turne it round sometimes for my recreation. Men that look upon my outside, perusing onely my condition, and fortunes, do erre in my altitude; for I am above Atlas his shoulders.
— Thomas Browne
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