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Born in 1608 / Died in August 16, 1661 / United Kingdom / English

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
Care and diligence bring luck.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
Better be alone than in bad company.
Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.
We have all forgot more than we remember.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.
Pride will spit in pride's face.
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
Abused patience turns to fury.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.