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Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
English clergyman & historian [more author details]

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A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.: Thomas Fuller
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.: Thomas Fuller
Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.: Thomas Fuller
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.: Thomas Fuller
Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise.: Thomas Fuller
Enquire not what boils in another's pot.: Thomas Fuller
He that will not sail until all dangers are over, will never put to sea.: Thomas Fuller
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If it were not for hope, the heart would break.: Thomas Fuller
If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.: Thomas Fuller
If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.: Thomas Fuller
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If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself. If you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.: Thomas Fuller
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.: Thomas Fuller
Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.: Thomas Fuller
Learning makes a man fit company for himself.: Thomas Fuller
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.: Thomas Fuller
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Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.: Thomas Fuller
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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.: Thomas Fuller
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The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.: Thomas Fuller
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Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.: Thomas Fuller
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Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.: Thomas Fuller, 'The Holy State and the Profane State,' 1642

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