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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

“5968. You must plow with such Oxen as you have.”

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

“2591. If I leave thee a moderate Fortune, as my Father left me, and thou provest wise and virtuous, it will be sufficient. It's none of the least of God's Favours, that Wealth comes not trolling in upon us; for many of us should have been worse, if our Estates had been better.”

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These precepts were first collected as advice for Fuller's son John.
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Many a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“1675. God help the Rich; the Poor can beg.”

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

“1943. If thou canst not find Tranquility in thyself; 'twill be to little Purpose to seek it anywhere else.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“1536. Fine Cloaths wear soonest out of Fashion.”

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

“2826. Provoke not even a patient Man too far; extreme Sufferance when it comes to dissolve, breaks out into the most severe Revenge; for taking Fire at last, Anger and Fury being combined into one, discharge their utmost Force at the first Blast. Irarumque omnes effundit habenas.”

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Latin fragment from Vergil's Aeneid, Book XII, line 499 : ‘He threw away all restraint on his anger.’
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“2463. If thou canst but live free from Debt and Want, 'tis not absolutely necessary to care for more : for all the rest, truly speaking, is but Vanity, and for the most part Vexation too.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“2759. If you have no Enemies, it’s a sign Fortune has forgot you.”

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

“3064. Be not always hot, and hasty in managing thy Affairs. Prudent Pauses forward Business : There is sometimes more Skill shewed by a Physician in not Prescribing, than in Prescribing. And there is no better Remedy for some Diseases, than to let them alone : for unseasonable meddling with them, may hinder their proceeding to a Crisis, and at long Run they will mend of themselves.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“4002. Rashness is not Valour.”

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

“3358. Many talk like Philosophers, and live like Fools.”

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

“3367. Many would have been worse, if their Estates had been better.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Many a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4912. There is no Man so bad, but has a secret Respect for the good.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : There is no Man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1154. Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1758) : Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5291. Trust thy self only, and another shall not betray thee.”

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

“3340. Many can bear Adversity, but few Contempt.”

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

“4833. The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than a Fool from his Friends.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3292. Love me, love my Dog.”

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

“1817. Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage; and half shut afterward.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1738) : Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“3739. One Bird in the Hand, is worth two in the Bush.”

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

“4655. The Moon is made of green Cheese.”

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

“6291. A Stitch in Time
May save nine.”

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

“4872. There is a Bone for you to pick.”

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

“3895. Poor men seek meat for their Stomach; rich Men Stomach for their Meat.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2911. It is as natural to die, as to be born.”

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

“3017. It is sooner said than done.”

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

“1185. Count not your Chickens before they be hatch'd.”

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

“4889. There is but bad Choice, where the whole Stock is bad.”

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

“1596. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse is lost; for want of a Horse the Man is lost.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1752) : For Want of a Nail the Shoe is lost; for want of a Shoe, the Horse is Lost; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost. ; also Poor Richard's Almanack (1758) : For Want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe, the Horse was Lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4493. The Earth produces all Things, and receives all again.”

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

“5466. Weeds want no sowing.”

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

“539. All Men think their Enemies ill Men.”

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

“5749. Wine shews what a Man is.”

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

“3890. Point not at other's Spots with a foul Finger.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1750) : Clean your Finger, before you point at my Spots.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4649. The Memory of a Benefit soon vanisheth; but the Remembrance of an Injury sticketh fast in the Heart.”

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

“6295. Birds of a Feather
Flock together.”

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

“4915. There is no Piety in keeping an unjust Promise.”

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

“4368. That Patient is not like to recover, that makes the Doctor his Heir.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1733) : He's a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5465. Weeds are apt to grow faster than good Herbs.”

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

“5185. To hit the Nail on the Head.”

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

“3866. Penny-wise, and Pound-foolish.”

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

“2021. Avoid knowing more than thou needest: Secrets are troublesome Burthens to such as are not interested in them.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“5243. To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.”

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

“6258. Follow Love, and it will flee;
Flee Love, and it will follow thee.”

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

“4384. That, which proves too much, proves nothing.”

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

“5711. Who more busy than they that have least to do?”

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

“2048. Report not an ill Thing that thou thy self knowest not, but by the Report of a Man, who may lie or aggravate the Matter.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“5040. Thrift is the Philosopher's Stone.”

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

“2593. A prudent and discreet Silence will be sometimes more to thy Advantage, than the most witty expression, or even the best contrived Sincerity. A Man often repents that he has spoken, but seldom that he has held his Tongue.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“3051. Jack of all Trades is of no Trade.”

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