William Browne Quotes

William Browne was an English pastoral poet, born at Tavistock, Devon, and educated at Exeter College, Oxford; subsequently he entered the Inner Temple.

But well-a-day, the gardener careless grew, The maids and fairies both were kept away, And in a drought the caterpillars threw Themselves upon the bud and every spray. God shield the stock! if Heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

William Browne
- Heaven
- Garden
- Supplies
There is no season such delight can bring, as summer, autumn, winter and the spring.

William Browne
- Summer
- Spring
- Winter

The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.

William Browne
Oft the cloud that wraps the present hour serves but to brighten all our future days.

William Browne
- Future
- Hours
- Clouds
If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

William Browne
Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span.

William Browne
- Bubbles
- Length
- Span
Investing is not a natural science but rather a social science. So, it's never purely empirical; what you are trying to do is everything you possibly can to enhance your probabilities of being right more often than being wrong.

William Browne
- Science
- Natural
- Social