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Quotations by Fuller, Thomas (1654)
A Friend, that you buy with Presents, will be bought from you.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 121 (1732)
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A Good life fears not Life nor Death.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 157 (1732)
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A Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two things.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 240 (1732)
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A light Purse makes a heavy Heart.
A man of Cruelty is God’s enemy.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 303 (1732)
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A wise man turns Chance into good Fortune.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 475 (1732)
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Be a Friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 847 (1732)
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Better hazard once than be always in fear.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 906 (1732)
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Charity begins at home but should not end there.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1085 (1732)
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Cheat me in the Price, but not in the Goods.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1090 (1732)
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Comparison, more than Reality, makes Men happy or wretched.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1133 (1732)
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Conscience can’t be compelled.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1144 (1732)
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Counsel is irksome when the Matter is past Remedy.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1181 (1732)
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Destiny leads the willing, but drags the unwilling.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1275 (1732)
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See Seneca the Younger.
Do Business, but be not a Slave to it.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1304 (1732)
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Even doubtful Accusations leave a Stain behind them.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1395 (1732)
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Every Ass loves to hear himself bray.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1404 (1732)
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Fetters of Gold are still Fetters; and silken Cords pinch.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1522 (1732)
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Good Works will never save you, but you can never be saved without them.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1738 (1732)
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He cannot speak well, that cannot hold his Tongue.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1820 (1732)
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He does not believe, that does not live according to his Belief.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #1838 (1732)
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He that fears you present, will hate you absent.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2101 (1732)
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He that flings Dirt at another dirtieth himself most.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2107 (1732)
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He that hath the worst Cause, makes the most Noise.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2153 (1732)
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He that’s cheated twice by the same Man is an Accomplice with the Cheater.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2281 (1732)
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He that scattereth Thorns must not go Barefoot.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2289 (1732)
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He that swells in Prosperity will shrink in Adversity.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2321 (1732)
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He that will have the Kernel, must crack the Shell.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2348 (1732)
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He that will not sail till all Dangers are over, must never put out to Sea.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2353 (1732)
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He who fasteth and doth no Good, saveth his Bread but loseth his Soul.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2382 (1732)
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He whose Belly is full, believes not him whose is empty.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2399 (1732)
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Health is not valued, till Sickness comes.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2478 (1732)
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Heaven is a cheap Purchase, whatever it cost.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2481 (1732)
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If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2666 (1732)
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If you leap into a Well, Providence is not bound to fetch you out.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2795 (1732)
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It is a good Blade that bends well.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #2853 (1732)
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It is the Property of Fools, to be always judging.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3027 (1732)
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Learning makes a Man fit Company for himself.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3163 (1732)
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Many can bear Adversity but few Contempt.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3340 (1732)
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Many talk like Philosophers, and live like Fools.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3358 (1732)
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Many would be Cowards if they had Courage enough.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3366 (1732)
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Men are more prone to revenge Injuries, than to requite Kindnesses.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3389 (1732)
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No condition so low but may have Hopes; none so high but may have Fears.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3555 (1732)
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No Man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3601 (1732)
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Nothing is good or bad but by Comparison.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3666 (1732)
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Nothing’s more playful than a young Cat, nor more grave than an old One.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3680 (1732)
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One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3743 (1732)
Pity cureth Envy.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3876 (1732)
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Promises may get Friends, but ’tis Performances that keep them.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3957 (1732)
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Prospect is often better than possession.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3958 (1732)
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Prosperity has damn’d more Souls, than all the Devils together.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #3963 (1732)
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Riches rather enlarge than satisfy Appetites.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4048 (1732)
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Sail, quoth the King; hold, saith the Wind.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4064 (1732)
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Serving one’s own Passions is the greatest Slavery.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4103 (1732)
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Some are very busy, and yet do nothing.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4211 (1732)
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Some have been thought brave, because they were afraid to run away.
The Prodigal robs his Heir, the Miser himself.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4722 (1732)
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The Sting of a Reproach is the Truth of it.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4769 (1732)
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There is not so much Comfort in the having of Children as there is Sorrow in parting with them.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4932 (1732)
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They are not all Saints who use Holy Water.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4956 (1732)
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They, that buy an Office, must sell something.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4975 (1732)
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Those see nothing but Faults that seek for nothing else.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5021 (1732)
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‘Tis harder to unlearn than learn.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5085 (1732)
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‘Tis Perseverance that prevails.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5110 (1732)
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Trust him no further than you can throw him.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5286 (1732)
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Unkindness has no Remedy at Law.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5402 (1732)
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Vows made in Storms are forgot in Calms.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5408 (1732)
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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5427 (1732)
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What a Day may bring a Day may take away.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5475 (1732)
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Wine hath drowned more Men than the Sea.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5744 (1732)
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Women commend a modest Man, but like him not.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #5805 (1732)
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Endeavor to make thy own Company pleasant to thee.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 99 (1725)
Consider not so much who speaks, as what is spoken.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 109 (1725)
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Promise Little, and do Much; so shalt thou have Thanks.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 111 (1725)
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Do as most do; and Few will speak ill of thee.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 135 (1725)
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Believe not all thou hearest, nor speak all thou believest.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 323 (1725)
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Neither praise, nor dispraise thyself; thy Actions will do it enough.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 338 (1725)
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Act nothing in a furious Passion; it’s putting to Sea in a Storm.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 365 (1725)
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Bear patiently with the Defects of others, and labor to amend thy own.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 389 (1725)
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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 (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 417 (1725)
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Give as thou wouldest receive, cheerfully and quickly, without hesitation, or bargaining.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 418 (1725)
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First get an absolute Conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy Wife.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 497 (1725)
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Be neither too early in the Fashion, nor too long out of it, nor at any time too precisely in it.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 498 (1725)
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Take heed: Most Men will cheat without Scruple where they can do it without Fear.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 525 (1725)
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If thy Business be perplexed, divide it, and look upon all its Parts and sides.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 583 (1725)
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If thou confesseth thy Sins and amendest not, thou mocketh God.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 661 (1725)
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In whatsoever Condition thou art, still ask thyself, What would my blessed Savior have thought, said, and done in this Case.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 693 (1725)
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"What Would Jesus Do?"
It’s no great Commendation to just forbear doing Ill: thou art bound moreover to do Good to others; if thou dost not, thou art not Good to thy self.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 716 (1725)
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In a Debate, rather pull to Pieces the Argument of thy Antagonist than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own Country.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 766 (1725)
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Imitate what is good wheresoever thou findest it, though among Turks, Jews, Pagans, or even Papists. And abominate Evil, though in thy nearest Relation.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 780 (1725)
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‘Tis much safer for thee to reconcile an Enemy than conquer him. Victory may deprive him of his Power for the present; but Reconciliation disarms his Will.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 782 (1725)
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Pray for thy Enemy, for if thou beest a good Man thyself, thou canst not but rejoice to see thy worst Enemy become a good Man, too.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 878 (1725)
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Make it thy chief Design and thy great Business, not to be Rich and Great: but so to live in this World that thou mayest reasonably believe thou has God for thy Friend.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, # 939 (1731 ed.)
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To work a Man to thy Bent: 1. Know his Inclinations. 2. Observe his Ends. 3. Search out his Weakness. And so thou mayst either draw or drive him.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1068 (1725)
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Let the Care of one’s business be committed but to one Person; for otherwise, besides Disagreement which may arise when Account is taken, everyone’s Answer is, That he thought others had done it.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1073 (1725)
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To keep up and improve Friendship, thou must be willing to receive a Kindness, as well as to do one.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1187 (1725)
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If evil Men speak good, or good Men evil of thee; examine thy Actions, and suspect thy self: But if evil Men speak evil of thee; hold it as an Honor, and by way of Thankfulness love them; but upon condition, that they continue to hate thee.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1253 (1725)
Some by their continual grinning and showing their Teeth make Men doubt whether they honor them, or laugh at them.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1395 (1725)
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Regard not so much what the World thinks of thee, as what thou thinkest of thyself.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1552 (1725)
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Be not magisterial in thy Dictates, nor pertinaciously contentious in ordinary discourse for thy Opinion; no nor for even a Truth of small Consequence. If thou thinkest good, declare thy Reasons; if they be not accepted, be quiet, and let them alone. Thou are not bound to convert all the World to Truth.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #1557 (1725)
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One Month in the School of Affliction will teach thee more than the great Precepts of Aristotle in seven years; for thou canst never judge rightly of human Affairs, unless thou hast first felt the Blows, and found out the Deceits of Fortune.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
Introductio ad Prudentiam, #2749 (1731 ed.)
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