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“892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1740) : Thou hadst better eat salt with the Philosophers of Greece, than sugar with the Courtiers of Italy.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4374. That War only is just, which is necessary.”

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

War

“977. Beware of no Man more than thy self.”

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

“2248. He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself.”

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

Love , Tree

“2683. Have a Care of him that is slow to anger, for like as green Wood which is long in kindling, continueth hot longer than the dry, if it have once taken Fire : So that Man, who is not easily moved is more hard to be pacify'd, than he that is quickly provoked.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Anger

“3461. More than enough is too much.”

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

“3403. Men seek less to be instructed than applauded.”

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

Men

“6320. Man proposes;
God disposes.”

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

God

“6384. He that would please all, and himself too,
Undertakes what none could ever do.”

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

“2762. In Matters of Slander, thou oughtest to suspend thy Judgment, and examine the Thing; and not, as the common Custom is, persuade thyself, that common Report is sufficient warrant for the Truth of the Matters. Popular Opinion is the greatest Lie in the World.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Truth , Lie , World

“4389. That, which you sow, you must reap.”

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

“2454. If any one giveth thee excessive Praises more than can handsomely belong to thee, thou art to think of him, that he taketh thee for vain and credulous, and easy to be deceived, and effectually a Fool.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Fools , Art , Thinking

“1688. God sends Meat, and the Devil sends Cooks.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Bad Commentators spoil the best of books, So God sends meat (they say) the devil cooks.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

God , Cooking

“2915. Suffer a Friend to reprove thee, and thank him heartily for it : 'Tis a Happiness for a Man that he can be reproved when he does amiss, and be recalled when he runs wrong. Princes are deprived of that Benefit : for they converse familiarly but with very few Persons, and those make it their only Business to humour them.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Business , Suffering , Personality , Happiness

“3387. Men apt to promise, are apt to forget.”

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

Men , Forgetting

“1134. Comparisons are odious.”

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

“911. Better late than never.”

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

“3902. Possession is eleven Points in the Law.”

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

Law

“2569. Hunger is the best Sauce.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1750) : Hunger is the best Pickle.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 2534. Honesty is the best Policy.

Hunger

“2542. Hope is as cheap as Despair.”

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

Hope , Despair