Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

English preacher and writer

Alive from: 1608-1661

Category: Theologians and clergy | Writers (Contemporary)

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

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  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.

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  Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

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

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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.