Thomas Fuller Quotes

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Thomas Fuller

Profession : Clergyman

Birth : June 19, 1608

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Thomas Fuller

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

Thomas Fuller

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Thomas Fuller

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

Thomas Fuller

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

Thomas Fuller

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

Thomas Fuller

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

Thomas Fuller

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

Thomas Fuller

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Thomas Fuller

Old foxes want no tutors.

Thomas Fuller

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

Thomas Fuller

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

Thomas Fuller

We have all forgot more than we remember.

Thomas Fuller

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

Thomas Fuller

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Thomas Fuller

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

Thomas Fuller

A good friend is my nearest relation.

Thomas Fuller

Better be alone than in bad company.

Thomas Fuller

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

Thomas Fuller

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Thomas Fuller