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An English churchman and historian. Thomas Fuller (1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).
Here are some famous quotes by Thomas Fuller.
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Old foxes want no tutors.
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A good marksman may miss.
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They say so is half a lie.
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Today is yesterday's pupil.
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Great hopes make great men.
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A stumble may prevent a fall.
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He is rich that is satisfied.
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The image of God cut in ebony.
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Soft words are hard arguments.
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A man surprised is half beaten.
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Poor men's reasons are not heard.
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In fair weather prepare for foul.
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A good life is the only religion.
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Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
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A danger foreseen is half avoided.
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A good garden may have some weeds.
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They are rich who have true friends.
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Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
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A good life fears not life nor death.
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The mob has many heads but no brains.
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A good friend is my nearest relation.
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Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.
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A good horse should be seldom spurred.
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Great and good are seldom the same man.
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Sickness is felt but health not at all.
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Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
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Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
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Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.
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Love the itch and a cough cannot be hid.
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Forgetting of a wrong is a mild revenge.
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What a day may bring a day may take away.
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He is idle that might be better employed.
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Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest.
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Prospect is often better than possession.
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The Golden Age was never the present Age.
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Good is not good where better is expected.
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A coward's fear can make a coward valiant.
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The real difference between men is energy.
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A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
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Be you never so high the law is above you.
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Better hazard once than always be in fear.
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None can pray well but he that lives well.
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Cheat me in the price but not in the goods.
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Friendship that flames goes out in a flash.
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One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
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Seeing's believing but feeling's the truth.
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A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
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Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
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We would be cowards if we had courage enough.
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We could be cowards if we had courage enough.
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Learning makes a man fit company for himself.
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The Devil himself is good when he is pleased.
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Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
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He that would have fruit must climb the tree.
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Riches enlarge rather than satisfy appetites.
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All things are difficult before they are easy.
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If it were not for hopes the heart would break.
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Welcome death quoth the rat when the trap fell.
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I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.
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Charity begins at home but should not end there.
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What cannot be altered must be borne not blamed.
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It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.
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Be a friend to thyself and others will be so too.
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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
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If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
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Pride had rather go out of the way than go behind.
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If you command wisely you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
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It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
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He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.
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He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
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The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.
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Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad.
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A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.
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A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
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A gift with a kind countenance is a double present.
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One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
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Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.
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He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
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There is no banquet but some dislike something in it.
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He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.
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He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.
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Trust thyself only and another shall not betray thee.
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The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar's skirts.
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It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.
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A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
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Better give a shilling than lend and lose half a crown.
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Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
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That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
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Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.
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Comparison more than reality makes men happy or wretched.
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He is not poor that hath not much but he that craves much.
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Send your noble blood to market and see what it will bring.
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Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.
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He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
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Pride perceiving humility honourable often borrows her cloak.
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He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.
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He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
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We can live without our friends but not without our neighbors.
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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
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If your desires be endless your cares and fears will be so too.
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Light God's eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building.
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Be the business never so painful you may have it done for money.
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The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor.
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Hope is one of the principal springs that keep mankind in motion.
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Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage; and half shut afterward.
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Men never think their fortunes too great nor their wit too little.
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God makes and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.
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Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
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We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
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The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.
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He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
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He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.
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He that's cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.
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No man can be happy without a friend nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
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There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil.
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Many have been the wise speeches of fools though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
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My son is my son till he have got him a wife But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
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Tender-handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains.
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Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add not therefore sauce to sauce. ... Pastime like wine is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head which hath lain fallow all night with some serious work.