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Thomas Fuller, M.D. was a British physician, preacher and intellectual.

Fuller was born in Rosehill, Sussex, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He practised medicine at Sevenoaks.

In 1723 he published Pharmacopoeia Domestica, and in 1730 Exanthematologia, Or, An Attempt to Give a Rational Account of Eruptive Fevers, Especially of the Measles and Small Pox. In 1732 he published a compilation of proverbs titled Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; wise sentences and witty saying, ancient and modern, foreign and British which includes the words, "Be you never so high, the law is above you". Wikipedia  

✵ 24. June 1654 – 17. September 1734
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Thomas Fuller (writer) Quotes

“4633. The longest Day must have an End.”

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

“5881. You can't eat your Cake, and have it too.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1744) : The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 2592. I can't be your Friend, and your Flatterer too.

“5430. We are more mindful of Injuries than Benefits.”

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

“6082. Enough’s as good as a Feast,
To one that’s not a Beast.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 1370. Enough's as good as a Feast.

“5515. What's sowed in Youth, will be reaped in Age.”

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

“3515. Necessity dispenseth with Decorum.”

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

“284. A Man knows his Companion in a long Journey and a little Inn.”

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

“5091. 'Tis Money, that begets Money.”

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

“5138. To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.”

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

“3006. It is often easier to make new, than to cobble up the old.”

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

“2666. If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.”

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

“5210. To nourish a Viper in one's Bosom”

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

“3072. Thou may'st extract an Antidote out of a Viper, and Good out of an Enemy. An Enemy will tell thee more truly of thy Imperfections, than the best of Friends will adventure to do, or ourselves (being partial to ourselves)will be able to discern : And this may be apply'd as precious Balm, to heal the Wounds our Folly, or Oversight have given our Reputation, by guarding our Actions for the future. And this is far better, than to be flattered into Pride, and Carelessness.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“3061. Idleness makes the Wit rust.”

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

“3733. Once in Use, and ever after a Custom.”

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

“6319.
Little Stroaks
Fell great Oaks.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1750).
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“803. Antiquity cannot privilege an Error, nor Novelty prejudice a Truth.”

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

“1964. If thou wilt have no Difference with thy Friends; sell them not Horses, nor Goods; and buy nothing of them.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“4266. Strike, while the Iron is hot.”

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

“1345. Drunkenness turns a Man out of himself, and leaves a Beast in his room.”

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

“3444. Money, like Dung, does no Good till ’tis spread.”

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

“2863. It is a long Lane that never turns.”

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

“4243. Speak the Truth, and shame the Devil.”

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

“3400. Men never think their Fortune too great, nor their Wit too little.”

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

“5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone.”

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

“2707. If the Mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the Mountain.”

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

“2023. Assist the afflicted with something real, if thou canst; As for Tears they are but Water, what good can they do?”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“4322. Teach your Grannum to suck Eggs.”

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

“2446. The Word Friend is a common Name, and appropriated by most People; but believe me, thou wilt scarce ever find a Man that gives solid Proof of a true, unfeigned, and uninterested Friendship.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“5738. Wickedness is its own Punishment, and many Times its own Cure.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 5354. Vice is its own Punishment, and sometimes its own Cure.

“743. As Virtue is its own Reward, so Vice is its own Punishment.”

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

“2350. He that will not be counselled, cannot be helped.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“639. An Oak is not fell'd at one Chop.”

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

“3168. Leave no Dirt, you’ll find no Dirt.”

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

“5049. Time and Tide tarry for no Man.”

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

“5214. To pay one in ones own Coin.”

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

“4848. The worse the Passage, the more welcome the Port.”

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

“1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5305. Truth loves to go naked.”

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

“5188. To hold with the Hare, and run with the Hounds.”

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

“5967. You must not hope to reap Wheat, where you sow'd none.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

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

“4735. The Rich never want for Kindred.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

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

“804. Antiquity is not always a Mark of Verity.”

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

“1657. Give him but Rope enough, and he'll hang himself.”

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

“5454. We seldom find out that we are flattered.”

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

“6303. He that speaks the Thing he should not,
Shall hear the Thing he would not.”

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

“2216. He that lies down with the Dogs, must rise with the fleas.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1733) : He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5542. When a Thing is done, Advice comes too late.”

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

“283. A Man in Passion rides a Horse that runs away with him.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“6360. Without Pains,
No Gains.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

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