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
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An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
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All things are difficult before they are easy.
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Better break your word than do worse by keeping it
blindness hatred
Blindness hatred is blind, as well as love.
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As the sword of the best tempered metal is most flexible, so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors
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What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed.
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Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.
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Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.
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Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.
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Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched. Try whether
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Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one.
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Send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with
danger mother security
Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.
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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.