Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes

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Three are too many to keep a Secret, and too few to be merry.

Thomas Fuller
When thou shewest Respect to any one, see that thy Submissions be proportionable to the Homage thou owest him. There is Stupidity and Pride in doing too little; but in over acting of it, there is Abjection and Hypocrisy.

Thomas Fuller
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

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He that has no Fools, Knaves nor Beggars in his Family, was begot by a Flash of Lightning.

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Hypocrisy is a Sort of Homage, that Vice pays to Virtue.

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There is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted.

Thomas Fuller
Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.

Thomas Fuller
Suffer a Friend to reprove thee, and thank him heartily for it : 'Tis a Happiness for a Man that he can be reproved when he does amiss, and be recalled when he runs wrong. Princes are deprived of that Benefit : for they converse familiarly but with very few Persons, and those make it their only Business to humour them.

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By Trifles and unheeded common Things of Life, thou may'st discover Mens Qualities, Tempers, and Inclinations, better than by their greater Actions : Because in Matters of Importance they strain themselves, but in lesser Things they heedlessly follow the Current of their own Natures.

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The Tongue breaketh the Bone, tho' it hath none it self.

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Thou art not Master of what thou hast spoken, but mayest dispose of what thou hast not spoken as thou pleasest, and canst say it, or not say it, as thou wilt.

Thomas Fuller
Two Dogs fight for a Bone, and a third runs away with it.

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The Memory of a Benefit soon vanisheth; but the Remembrance of an Injury sticketh fast in the Heart.

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Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived. Thy own Errors will teach thee more Prudence, than the grave Precepts, and even Examples of others.

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What is the Use of Patience, if we cannot find it when we want it?

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If thou wilt have no Difference with thy Friends; sell them not Horses, nor Goods; and buy nothing of them.

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He that speaks the Thing he should not,
Shall hear the Thing he would not.

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If thou canst but live free from Debt and Want, 'tis not absolutely necessary to care for more : for all the rest, truly speaking, is but Vanity, and for the most part Vexation too.

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The Passions are like Fire and Water; good Servants, but bad Masters.

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Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

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Trust not an Enemy, because thou hast done him good Offices : for Men are naturally more prone to revenge Injuries, than to requite Kindnesses.

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Tho' all Men were made of one Metal, yet they were not cast all in the same Mould.

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If I leave thee a moderate Fortune, as my Father left me, and thou provest wise and virtuous, it will be sufficient. It's none of the least of God's Favours, that Wealth comes not trolling in upon us; for many of us should have been worse, if our Estates had been better.

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He that lies down with the Dogs, must rise with the fleas.

Thomas Fuller
Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage; and half shut afterward.

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Learn the art of Silence ; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.

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There are many rare abilities in the world which Fortune never brings to light.

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Hunger scarce kills any; but Gluttony and Drunkenness, Multitudes.

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More Flies are taken with a Drop of Honey than a Tun of Vinegar.

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The Thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a Thief.

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