Quotes by
Dr. Thomas Fuller |
1654-1734 , English physician and adage collector
English physician, writer and adage collector.In 1732 he published a compilation of proverbs titled “Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; wise sentences and witty saying, ancient and modern, foreign and British.”
Most of the aphorisms attributed to him are from this book.
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Quotations
| • | A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings. 16 |
| • | A generous confession disarms slander. 13 |
| • | The Thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a Thief. 11 |
| • | Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared. 10 |
| • | Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers. 10 |
| • | Surgeons must have an Eagle’s eye, a Lion’s heart and a Lady’s hand. 8 |
| • | It is my own Fault, if I am deceived by the same Man twice. 8 |
| • | If you have no Enemies, it’s a sign Fortune has forgot you. 8 |
| • | Hell is whatever Heaven is not. 7 |
| • | He is my friend who speaks well of me behind my back. 7 |
| • | Poverty is not a Shame ; but the being ashamed of it, is. 7 |
| • | It is Wit to pick a Lock, and steal a Horse ; but it is Wisdom to let it alone 7 |
| • | Many can bear Adversity, but few Contempt. 7 |
| • | A Fool’s Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat. 7 |
| • | The more laws, the more offenders. 7 |
| • | A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into. 7 |
| • | He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself. 6 |
| • | If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. 6 |
| • | Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse. 6 |
| • | Bacchus hath drowned more Men than Neptune. 6 |
| • | Beware of telling an improbable truth. 6 |
| • | It is for want of thinking that most Men are done. 5 |
| • | Hell is full of good meanings and wishes. But heaven is fill of good works. 5 |
| • | Where the will is ready, the feet are light. 5 |
| • | Moderate riches will carry you; if you have more, you must carry them. 5 |
| • | Knaves imagine nothing can be done without knavery. 5 |
| • | Nothing is ours but time. 5 |
| • | Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing. 5 |
| • | As the best Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar, so the deepest Love turns to the deadliest Hatred 5 |
| • | A Friend to all, is a Friend to none. 5 |
| • | Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so: Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary. 5 |
| • | The devil himself is good when he is pleased. 5 |
| • | He teaches me to be good that does me good. 5 |
| • | Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 5 |
| • | We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 5 |
| • | Cheat me in the Price, but not in the Goods. 5 |
| • | Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong. 5 |
| • | Choose a wife by your ear than your eye. 5 |
| • | With foxes we must play the fox. 4 |
| • | It is good Pride to decide to be the best of Men. 4 |
| • | That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. 4 |
| • | Heaven is a cheap Purchase whatever it cost. 4 |
| • | There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved. 4 |
| • | Innocence is no protection. 4 |
| • | The Mob has many heads but no Brains. 4 |
| • | There is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted. 4 |
| • | Praise makes good Men better, and bad Men worse. 4 |
| • | He that is too proud to ask, is too good to receive. 4 |
| • | Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error. 4 |
| • | Let thy Vices die before thee. 4 |
| • | He is poor indeed that can promise nothing. 4 |
| • | He is rich that is satisfied. 4 |
| • | He that bringeth a present findeth the door open. 4 |
| • | Lavishness is not generosity. 4 |
| • | Debt is the worst poverty. 4 |
| • | A good horse should be seldom spurred. 4 |
| • | He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. 4 |
| • | Many would be Cowards if they had Courage enough. 4 |
| • | There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends. 4 |
| • | Many get into a dispute well, that cannot get out well. 3 |
| • | Masters should be sometimes blind and sometimes deaf. 3 |
| • | The Passions are like Fire and Water: good Servants, but bad Masters. 3 |
| • | Poor men seek meat for their Stomach ; rich Men Stomach for their Meat. 3 |
| • | Half a Loaf is better than no Bread. 3 |
| • | A Man apt to promise, is apt to forget. 3 |
| • | A light Purse makes a heavy Heart. 3 |
| • | Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 3 |
| • | Better a tooth out than always aching. 3 |
