Thomas Fuller quotes - page 6

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion. (Thomas Fuller)
Thus, as it is always darkest just before the day dawneth, so God useth to visit His servants with greatest afflictions when he intendeth their speedy advancement.
Thomas Fuller
Deceive not thyself by overexpecting happiness in the married estate. Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs.
Thomas Fuller
Heat of passion makes our souls to chap, and the devil creeps in at the crannies.
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Some men, like a tiled house, are long before they take fire, but once on flame there is no coming near to quench them.
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By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them.
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There is a great difference between painting a face and not washing it.
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Miracles are the swaddling-clothes of infant churches.
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He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
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Today is yesterday's pupil.
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'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it. (Thomas Fuller)
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
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A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
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Poor men's reasons are not heard.
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Pride will spit in pride's face.
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A man is not good or bad for one action.
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He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.
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If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
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Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
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With foxes we must play the fox.
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Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong. (Thomas Fuller)
Old foxes want no tutors.
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It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
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The noblest revenge is to forgive.
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Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.
Thomas Fuller