Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes

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Bees that have Honey in their Mouths, have Stings in their Tails.

Thomas Fuller
Drunkenness turns a Man out of himself, and leaves a Beast in his room.

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Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms; Fools, by their own.

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See that thou be always a doing of something, and be ever ashamed to catch thyself idle : The idle man is content to anticipate Death, by being out of Motion; but high Souls, like the Heaven they come from, move continually, and are incapable of Rest, until they rest there.

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Assist the afflicted with something real, if thou canst; As for Tears they are but Water, what good can they do?

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Follow Love, and it will flee;
Flee Love, and it will follow thee.

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Report not an ill Thing that thou thy self knowest not, but by the Report of a Man, who may lie or aggravate the Matter.

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Two things a Man should never be angry at; what he can help, and what he cannot help.

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If you would know the value of a Ducat, try to borrow one.

Thomas Fuller
He that does you a very ill Turn, will never forgive you.

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Squander not away thy life in Pastimes : There's but little need to drive away Time, which is ever flying away so swiftly of itself ; and when once gone is gone for ever.

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Avoid knowing more than thou needest : Secrets are troublesome Burthens to such as are not interested in them.

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He that does not speak Truth to me, does not believe me when I speak Truth.

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The Love of a Woman, and a Bottle of Wine,
Are sweet for a Season; but last a short Time.

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Keep thy Judgment to thyself. Why should others know what thou art? or paraphrase upon thy Opinion? Herein thou hast the Advantage of changing thy Mind when thou art mistaken, and yet continue (for ought others know) in the same Mind.

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A prudent and discreet Silence will be sometimes more to thy Advantage, than the most witty expression, or even the best contrived Sincerity. A Man often repents that he has spoken, but seldom that he has held his Tongue.

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Beauty is but Skin deep; within is Filth and Putrefaction.

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If you sleep till Noon, you have no right to complain that the Days are short.

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Virtue hath such Charms, that even the Vicious inwardly reverence it.

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