Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes

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When you are Anvil, hold you still;
When you are Hammer, strike your Fill.

Thomas Fuller
Whosoever engages in many Pursuits, rarely succeeds in one.

Thomas Fuller
When a Man is set upon his own Ruin, 'tis in vain to reason with him.

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Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.

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Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge.

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If you have no Enemies, it's a sign Fortune has forgot you.

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If any one giveth thee excessive Praises more than can handsomely belong to thee, thou art to think of him, that he taketh thee for vain and credulous, and easy to be deceived, and effectually a Fool.

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All Women are good; viz. good for something, or good for nothing.

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Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.

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He that makes himself an Ass, must not take it ill, if Men ride him.

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As Virtue is its own Reward, so Vice is its own Punishment.

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As the best Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar, so the deepest Love turns to the deadliest Hatred.

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A Fool's Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat.

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He that advised thee not to let the Sun set in thine anger, did not command thee to trust a deceiving Enemy next Morning.

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That Patient is not like to recover, that makes the Doctor his Heir.

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Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing.

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If thou art wise, thou knowest thy own Ignorance ; and thou art ignorant if thou knowest not thy self.

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With-hold not thy Money, where there is Need; and waste it not, where there is none.

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'Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so : Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary.

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To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.

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Thou knowest not thy own Strength for want of trying it, and upon that Account thinkest thyself really unable to do many Things which Experience would convince thee, thou hast more Ability to effect, than thou hast Will to attempt.

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There is a deal of Difference between Love and Gratefulness.

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If thou canst not find Tranquility in thyself ; 'twill be to little Purpose to seek it anywhere else.

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If thou findest thou canst not suffer the Impertinencies, Follies, and ill Usages of the World, withdraw from it; but first be sure thou canst bear with thyself.

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A Man among Children will be long a Child, a Child among Men will be soon a Man.

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Make not a Jest of another Man's Infirmity. Remember thy own.

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Drive away and never endure Tale-bearers : Whoever entertains thee with the Faults of others, designs to serve thee in the same Kind.

Thomas Fuller
Marry in Haste, and Repent at Leisure;
It's good to marry late, or never.

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All complain of want of Memory, but none of want of Judgment.

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One may as much miss the Mark, by aiming too high, as too low.

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