Quotes by Thomas Fuller

About Thomas Fuller:

Thomas Fuller is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).
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A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

Thomas Fuller

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

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

Thomas Fuller

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

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He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

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It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Thomas Fuller

Better a tooth out than always aching.

Thomas Fuller

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

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He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

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Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Thomas Fuller

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Thomas Fuller

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Thomas Fuller

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Thomas Fuller

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

Thomas Fuller

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

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With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

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He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

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Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

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Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameThomas Fuller
  • DescriptionEnglish churchman and historian
  • AliasesLover of his native countrey,
  • Born1608
  • DiedAugust 16, 1661
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionHistorian