A small brass lamp burning beneath sheer golden fabric on indigo cloth.

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Sir Thomas Browne

Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Browne pictures life as a clean, burning flame. What keeps us going, he says, is a hidden sun inside us that nobody can see. It's a poetic way of saying our vitality comes from within.

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