Quotations from

Thomas Fuller

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Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608; died 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).

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Quotes from Thomas Fuller

All things are difficult before they are easy.

—Thomas Fuller

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

—Thomas Fuller

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

—Thomas Fuller

With foxes we must play the fox.

—Thomas Fuller

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

—Thomas Fuller

He whose belly is full believes not him whose belly is empty.

—Thomas Fuller

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

—Thomas Fuller

The great thieves punish the little ones.

—Thomas Fuller

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

—Thomas Fuller

If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse.

—Thomas Fuller

A good garden may have some weeds.

—Thomas Fuller

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

—Thomas Fuller

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

—Thomas Fuller

He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.

—Thomas Fuller

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

—Thomas Fuller