English - Clergyman | June 19, 1608 - August 16, 1661
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
Thomas Fuller
PromisesBe NiceNiceSuperstition
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
EasyNothingUnwilling
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
KnowledgeLightFireWithoutZeal
He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.
FriendMeBackWellBehindHe
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
BestWifeManWorstFortuneHis
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
LovePresenceAbsenceSharpens
In fair weather prepare for foul.
LeadershipWeatherFairPrepareFoul
Better a tooth out than always aching.
BetterAlwaysOutThanToothAching
Scalded cats fear even cold water.
FearWaterCatsColdEven
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.
ArtWorldFameMoreEchoLast
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.
FireMoreContentmentAwaySome
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
SeaMenWineMoreThanDrowned
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