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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If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
cease purchase thou
Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.
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Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one.
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Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.
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Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.
dealing fashion plain wear
Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion
gold hand
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
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My son is my son till he have got him a wife, But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
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When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first; but if the strife continues long, usually both become guilty.
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong.
rightly
It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
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.
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Tis better to suffer wrong than do it