| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8744 |
| QUOTATION: | Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Browne (16051682), British doctor, author. Urn Burial, ch. 5 (1658). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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