Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes (420 quotes)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error.
Context: 1226. Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error.

Truth

Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes

“5744. Wine hath drowned more Men than the Sea.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: Bacchus hath drown'd more Men than Neptune.
Context: 830. Bacchus hath drown'd more Men than Neptune.

Men , Wine , Sea

“4671. The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom too fine spun.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Wisdom

“108. A Fool’s Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Fools

“3660. Nothing costs so much as what is given us.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1814. Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Love , Truth , Fear

“5536. When a Man is set upon his own Ruin, 'tis in vain to reason with him.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4702. The Passions are like Fire and Water; good Servants, but bad Masters.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Water , Passion

“2085. He that does you a very ill Turn, will never forgive you.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Forgiveness

“4781. The sweetest Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Wine

“5698. Who draws his Sword against his Prince, must throw away the Scabbard.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Drawing

“2629. I took him for a Worm; but he prov'd a Serpent.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2043. He that advised thee not to let the Sun set in thine anger, did not command thee to trust a deceiving Enemy next Morning.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Sun , Anger

“560. All things are difficult, before they are easy.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“733. As the best Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar, so the deepest Love turns to the deadliest Hatred.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Love , Wine

“2609. Never think that the Things thou wantest will cure thee of thy Discontents; for they will enlarge thy Desires, and make the Wounds wider. The Way to think we have enough, is not to desire to have too much.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Way , Thinking

“1805. Hatred is blind, as well as Love.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Love

“6080. Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2325. Squander not away thy life in Pastimes: There’s but little need to drive away Time, which is ever flying away so swiftly of itself; and when once gone is gone for ever.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Life , Time , Flying

“3366. Many would be Cowards if they had Courage enough.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Courage

“6080. Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3104. Insolence is Pride, with her Mask pulled off.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4867. There cannot be a more intolerable Thing than a fortunate Fool.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Fools

“5225. To seek a Needle in a Bottle of Hay.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“620. An idle Person is the Devil's Playfellow.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 3054. Idle Fellows are the Devil's Playfellows.

Personality

“5499. What is the Use of Patience, if we cannot find it when we want it?”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : What signifies your Patience, if you can't find it when you want it.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Patience

“3314. Make Hay, while the Sun shines.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Sun

“5335. Two things a Man should never be angry at; what he can help, and what he cannot help.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Help

“92. A Father is a Treasure, a Brother a Comfort; but a Friend is both.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : A Father's a Treasure; a Brother's a Comfort; a Friend is both.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5572. When the Cat's gone, the Mice grow sawcy.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 6131. When the Cat is away,
The Mice may play.

Cats

“3769. One may as much miss the Mark, by aiming too high, as too low.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4192. Small Pitchers have wide Ears.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“Good Reader, I suspect I may have written some Things twice; if not the same in Words, yet in Sense, which I desire you to pass by favourably; forasmuch as you may well think, it was as difficult and dull a Thing for me, in so great a Number of independent Sentences, to find out the Repetitions, as it would be in a vast Heap of different Coins and Medals, confusedly thrown together, to pick out here and there one that bore the same and like Inscription, with some other among them. Besides the Pains, such a Search would cost me more Time, than I can afford it; for my Glass of Life running now low, I must not suffer one Sand to fall in waste, nor spend one Minute in picking of Straws. And moreover, my aged Eyes being grown weak and dim, I fear they will become quite dark, by much perusing and poring; or at least so far, so as to render me unable to perfect several Papers now lying by me, which I would willingly make a Present of to you.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Excerpt from Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II, To the Reader (Prefatory Remarks).
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Life , Pain , Age , Fear

“3881. Plants too often removed will not thrive.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : I never saw an oft-transplanted tree, nor yet an oft-removed family, that throve so well as those that settled be.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3685. Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2445. He's a Slave, that cannot command himself.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4706. The Pitcher, that goes often to the Well, comes home broken at last.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Home

“3736. One barking Dog, sets all the Street a barking.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Dogs

“1887. Think thyself happy if thou hast one true Friend; never think of finding another.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Thinking , Happiness

“5733. Whosoever engages in many Pursuits, rarely suceeds in one.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4858. There are more old Drunkards, than old Physicians.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : There's more old Drunkards than old Doctors.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5414. Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Knowledge

“342. A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : A Penny sav'd is Twopence clear.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3082. To what Purpose shouldest thou seek great Things for thyself in the World? or having obtained them, prize them at any considerable Rate? or value thyself upon them? seeing thou knowest not, but this Night thy Soul may be required of thee, when thou shalt be divested of them all. 'Twould be as vain and unreasonable, as for a Traveler, that is to stay at his Inn but for a night, to take great Thought and Pains about furnishing and adorning his Chamber, which the next Morning he must leave to the next Comer.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Pain , World , Travel , Soul

“1090. Cheat me in the Price, but not in the Goods.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Cheating

“1659. Give not Pearls to the Hogs.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5038. Three may keep Counsel, if two be away.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“331. A Mouse in Time may shear a Cable asunder.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Time

“4229. Soon ripe, soon rotten.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)