Thomas Fuller was an English clergyman, historian, and author. He is remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, a collection of biographies of famous English people. He was a prolific writer and was known for his wit and sage advice. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Thomas Fuller on friendship, faithful, prolific.
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We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
Good is not good, when better is expected.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
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Good is not good, when better is expected. — Thomas Fuller
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there. — Thomas Fuller
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. — Thomas Fuller
It's easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Health is not valued till sickness comes. — Thomas Fuller
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. — Thomas Fuller
A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim.
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. — Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller Short Quotes
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
A good friend is my nearest relation.
A man surprised is half beaten.
Good clothes open all doors.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Thomas Fuller Quotes About Friendship
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too. — Thomas Fuller
There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends. — Thomas Fuller
Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs. — Thomas Fuller
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Thomas Fuller Quotes About Thou
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. — Thomas Fuller
Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love. — Thomas Fuller
Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one. — Thomas Fuller
Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. — Thomas Fuller
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. — Thomas Fuller
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf. — Thomas Fuller
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. — Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller Quotes About Wise
The fool wanders, a wise man travels. — Thomas Fuller
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse — Thomas Fuller
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell! — Thomas Fuller
A wise man turns chance into good fortune. — Thomas Fuller
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. — Thomas Fuller
Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men. — Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller Quotes About Devil
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil. — Thomas Fuller
With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself. — Thomas Fuller
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. — Thomas Fuller
When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances. — Thomas Fuller
The devil himself is good when he is pleased. — Thomas Fuller
Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed. — Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller Quotes About Marriage
Choose a wife by your ear than your eye. — Thomas Fuller
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. — Thomas Fuller
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. — Thomas Fuller
Deceive not thyself by over-expecting happiness in the married estate. Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs, as if their mirth were turned into care for their young ones. — Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller Quotes About Anger
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. — Thomas Fuller
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind. — Thomas Fuller
Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm. — Thomas Fuller
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul. — Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller Famous Quotes And Sayings
Good is not good, when better is expected. — Thomas Fuller
Charity begins at home, but should not end there. — Thomas Fuller
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. — Thomas Fuller
Health is not valued till sickness comes. — Thomas Fuller
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. — Thomas Fuller
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. — Thomas Fuller
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched. — Thomas Fuller
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. — Thomas Fuller
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing. — Thomas Fuller
Nothing sharpens sight like envy. — Thomas Fuller
It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn. — Thomas Fuller
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed. — Thomas Fuller
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness. — Thomas Fuller
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. — Thomas Fuller
With foxes we must play the fox. — Thomas Fuller
He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none. — Thomas Fuller
Abused patience turns to fury. — Thomas Fuller
If you have one true friend you have more than your share. — Thomas Fuller
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea. — Thomas Fuller
If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse. — Thomas Fuller
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. — Thomas Fuller
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy. — Thomas Fuller
Seeing is believing, but feeling's the truth. — Thomas Fuller
Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers. — Thomas Fuller
A book that is shut is but a block. — Thomas Fuller
All doors open to courtesy. — Thomas Fuller
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. — Thomas Fuller
He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it. — Thomas Fuller
In fair weather prepare for foul. — Thomas Fuller
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. — Thomas Fuller
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings. — Thomas Fuller
Bad excuses are worse than none. — Thomas Fuller
The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. — Thomas Fuller
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. — Thomas Fuller
A man is not good or bad for one action. — Thomas Fuller
Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery. — Thomas Fuller
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. — Thomas Fuller
Despair gives courage to a coward. — Thomas Fuller
Great hopes make great men. — Thomas Fuller
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. — Thomas Fuller
He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back. — Thomas Fuller
A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him. — Thomas Fuller
A good garden may have some weeds. — Thomas Fuller
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into. — Thomas Fuller
He does not believe that does not live according to his belief . — Thomas Fuller
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. — Thomas Fuller
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear. — Thomas Fuller
A good horse should be seldom spurred. — Thomas Fuller
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. — Thomas Fuller
The more laws, the more offenders. — Thomas Fuller
Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak. — Thomas Fuller
Nothing is easy to the unwilling. — Thomas Fuller
Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all. — Thomas Fuller
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. — Thomas Fuller
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. — Thomas Fuller
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart. — Thomas Fuller
Willful waste brings woeful want. — Thomas Fuller
We have all forgot more than we remember. — Thomas Fuller
Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather. — Thomas Fuller
Great and good are seldom the same man. — Thomas Fuller
Change of weather is the discourse of fools. — Thomas Fuller
Eaten bread is soon forgotten. — Thomas Fuller
What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed. — Thomas Fuller
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all. — Thomas Fuller
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. — Thomas Fuller
Prospect is often better than possession. — Thomas Fuller
He teaches me to be good that does me good. — Thomas Fuller
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. — Thomas Fuller
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. — Thomas Fuller
A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery. — Thomas Fuller
Riches enlarge rather than satisfy appetites. — Thomas Fuller
In taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Thomas Fuller
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. — Thomas Fuller
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. — Thomas Fuller
Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other. — Thomas Fuller
Great is the difference between a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. — Thomas Fuller
He is rich that is satisfied. — Thomas Fuller
Today is yesterday's pupil. — Thomas Fuller
Life Lessons by Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller's life teaches us to be humble and to live a life of service to others. He was a man of faith and a devoted servant of God, and he dedicated his life to helping others.
He also taught us to be resilient and to never give up, no matter how difficult the circumstances. He overcame many obstacles in his life, and he was determined to make the most of every opportunity he was given.
Lastly, he showed us that it is important to remain positive and to always look for the good in every situation. He was an optimist who believed that all things are possible with faith and hard work.
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