Thomas Fuller Quotes

1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
quotes
107
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“Old foxes want no tutors.”
Learning
“Debt is the worst poverty.”
Debt
“All doors open to courtesy.”
Courtesy
“Today is yesterday's pupil.”
Present
“Good clothes open all doors.”
Dress
“Lavishness is not generosity.”
Generosity
“He is rich that is satisfied.”
Satisfaction
“Soft words are hard arguments.”
Argument
“The more wit the less courage.”
Courage
“Eaten bread is soon forgotten.”
Gratitude
“A man surprised is half beaten.”
Surprises
“With foxes we must play the fox.”
Cunning
“Bad excuses are worse than none.”
Excuses
“Nothing sharpens sight like envy.”
Envy
“Virtue is the only true nobility.”
Virtue
“Willful waste brings woeful want.”
Waste
“Despair gives courage to a coward.”
Despair
“A good garden may have some weeds.”
Faults
“The more laws, the more offenders.”
Laughter
“Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.”
Misfortunes
“A generous confession disarms slander.”
Slander
“A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!”
Paradise
“Choose a wife by your ear than your eye.”
Wives