Thomas Fuller quotes - page 4

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all. (Thomas Fuller)
A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery. View quote
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All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. View quote
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Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. View quote
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Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money. View quote
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It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. View quote
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He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none. View quote
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There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart. View quote
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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing. View quote
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Better be alone than in bad company. View quote
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Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after. (Thomas Fuller)
Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all. View quote
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In fair weather prepare for foul. View quote
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A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell! View quote
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Care and diligence bring luck. View quote
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One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. View quote
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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. View quote
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He that would have fruit must climb the tree. View quote
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Scalded cats fear even cold water. View quote
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A wise man turns chance into good fortune. View quote
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There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends. (Thomas Fuller)
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him. View quote
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Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. View quote
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Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness. View quote
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Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. View quote
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