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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

“757. Abused Patience turns to Fury.”

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

Patience

“3758. One half of the World wonders how the other lives.”

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

World

“2942. It is good to have two Strings to one's Bow.”

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

“2580. Hypocrisy is a Sort of Homage, that Vice pays to Virtue.”

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

“3533. New Brooms sweep clean.”

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

“3306. Maidens should be seen, and not heard.”

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

“1579. Fools may invent Fashions, that wise Men will wear.”

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Similarly in French: Les fous inventent les modes et les sages les suivent.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Men , Fools , Fashion

“754. Absence cools moderate Passions, but inflames violent ones.”

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

Passion

“4369. That penny's well spent, that saves a Groat.”

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

“5481. What cannot be alter'd, must be borne, not blam’d.”

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

“2782. If you run after two Hares, you will catch neither.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1734) : Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog, and Poor Richard's Almanack ( 1737) : He that pursues two Hares at once, does not catch one and lets t'other go.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1223. Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant.”

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

“1486. Faint Heart ne'er won fair Lady.”

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

Heart

“2001. Find out thy own Mistakes, and Failings, in order to amend them. A Disease known is half cured.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Disease

“4934. There is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted.”

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

Time

“1800. Make not a Jest of another Man's Infirmity. Remember thy own.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“4851. The worst Spoke in a Cart breaks first.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3273. Look not a given Horse in the Mouth.”

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

Horse

“1961. He knows which Side of his Bread is butter'd.”

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

“5516. Whatsoever Time does, it undoes.”

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

Time

“2649. I will not touch her with a Pair of Tongs.”

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

“2489. Thou art not Master of what thou hast spoken, but mayest dispose of what thou hast not spoken as thou pleasest, and canst say it, or not say it, as thou wilt.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Art

“4942. There must be two at least to a Quarrel.”

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

“407. A small Leak will sink a great Ship.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1544. Fish and Guests smell at three Days old.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Fish

“62. A Crowd is not Company.”

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

“5187. To hold one's Nose to the Grind-stone.”

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

“3657. None so deaf, as he that will not hear.”

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

“860. Better abridge petty Charges, than stoop to petty Gettings.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1738) : 'Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty Gettings.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1752. Great and Good are seldom the same Man.”

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

“542. All Saint without, all Devil within.”

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

“5286. Trust him no further than you can throw him.”

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

“172. A good Reputation is a fair Estate.”

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

“2289. He that scattereth Thorns, must not go Barefoot.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2194. He that is too proud to ask, is too good to receive.”

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

“4788. The Thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a Thief.”

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

“5068. 'Tis better to suffer Wrong, than to do it.”

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

Suffering

“4490. The Drunkard continually assaults his own Life.”

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

Life

“2968. It is in vain to mislike the current Fashion.”

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

Fashion

“4823. The weakest go to the Wall.”

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

“4517. The King's Cheese goes half away in Pareings.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : The King's cheese is half wasted in parings, but no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5979. You pour Water into a Sieve.”

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

Water

“2732. Thou knowest not thy own Strength for want of trying it, and upon that Account thinkest thyself really unable to do many Things which Experience would convince thee, thou hast more Ability to effect, than thou hast Will to attempt.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“5371. Virtue hath such Charms, that even the Vicious inwardly reverence it.”

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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)

“4503. The eternal Talker neither hears nor learns.”

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

Learning

“4040. Riches abuse them, who know not how to use them.”

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

“3523. Neither Fish, nor Flesh, nor good red Herring.”

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

Fish

“2222. He that lives on Hope, has but a slender diet.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : He that lives upon Hope, dies fasting.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Hope

“2742. Shew not thyself joyful and pleased at the Misfortunes of any Man, tho' thou hatest him; It argues a mischevious Mind, and that thou hadst a Desire to have done it thyself, if thou hadst had Power or Opportunity to thy Will.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

“5235. To strain at a Knat, and swallow a Camel.”

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