Clergyman · English · 1608 – 1661 · 112 quotes
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Thomas Fuller
Clergyman · English · 1608 – 1661
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
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.
Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.
We have all forgot more than we remember.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
Poor men's reasons are not heard.
'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.
Better be alone than in bad company.
A book that is shut is but a block.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
Scalded cats fear even cold water.
With foxes we must play the fox.
Care and diligence bring luck.
The more wit the less courage.
Abused patience turns to fury.
Great hopes make great men.
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.
Better a tooth out than always aching.
A good horse should be seldom spurred.
He that hopes no good fears no ill.
A good garden may have some weeds.
In fair weather prepare for foul.
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
