Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fullerwas an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662 after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 June 1608
paradise
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.
suffer suffering tis wrong
Tis better to suffer wrong than do it
He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.
craves hath poor
He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
man
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
art thou
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
anger
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
best
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
affection fair judge justice trial
That trial is not fair where affection is judge
exception rule useful
There is no useful rule without an exception
children comfort parting sorrow
There is not so much comfort in the having of children as there is sorrow in parting with them
beat dog
A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better they be