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.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician

Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, # 241 (1732)
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See John Ray.

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.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician

Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, #4214 (1732)
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See also this.

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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