Thomas Fuller
England
24 Jun 1654 // 17 Sep 1734
Physician / Preacher / Intellectual
24 Jun 1654 // 17 Sep 1734
Physician / Preacher / Intellectual
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He is poor indeed that can promise nothing
He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins
Great hopes make great men
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest
Eaten bread is forgotten
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays