Thomas Fuller quotes

“Eaten bread is forgotten.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.”

— Thomas Fuller

“A man is not good or bad for one action.”

— Thomas Fuller

“A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.”

— Thomas Fuller

“He that hopes no good fears no ill.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.”

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

“The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”

— Thomas Fuller

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Nothing is easy to the unwilling.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Care and diligence bring luck.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Pride will spit in pride's face.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.”

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.”

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

“The fool wanders, a wise man travels.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Change of weather is the discourse of fools.”

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

“Scalded cats fear even cold water.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.”

— Thomas Fuller

“If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.”

— Thomas Fuller

“Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.”

— Thomas Fuller

“He that travels much knows much.”

— Thomas Fuller