Thomas Fuller

English preacher and writer

Lived from: 1608-1661

Category: Theologians and clergy | Writers (Contemporary)

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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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  A book that is shut is but a block.

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  A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

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  A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

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  A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

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  A generous confession disarms slander.

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  A good friend is my nearest relation.

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  A good garden may have some weeds.

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  A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

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  A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

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  A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

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  A man is not good or bad for one action.

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  A man surprised is half beaten.

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  A proverb is much matter decocted into few words.

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  A small demerit extinguishes a long service.

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