Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

—Thomas Fuller

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About 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...

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

—Thomas Fuller

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Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

—Thomas Fuller

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With foxes we must play the fox.

—Thomas Fuller

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

—Thomas Fuller

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There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

—Thomas Fuller

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Ideally, one should have a great deal of courage and strength, but not boast or make a big show of it. Then, in times of need, one should rise to the occasion and fight bravely for what is right.

—14th Dalai Lama

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The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence and back into bondage.

—Fraser Tyler

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Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause.

—Clarence Darrow

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The great courage is to stare as squarely at the light as at death.

—Albert Camus

Acknowledging fear is not a cause for depression or discouragement. Because we possess such fear, we also are potentially entitled to experience fearlessness. True fearlessness is not the reduction of fear; but going beyond fear.

—Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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