A good garden may have some weeds.

—Thomas Fuller

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

—Thomas Fuller

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

—Thomas Fuller

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The great thieves punish the little ones.

—Thomas Fuller

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

—Thomas Fuller

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

—Thomas Fuller

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If we should be so lucky as to touch the lives of many, so be it. But if our lot is no more than the setting of a table, or the tending of a garden, or showing a child a path in a wood, our lives are no less worthy.

—Kent Nerburn

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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

—Joseph Addison

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Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

—Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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