Thomas Fuller Quotes

English churchman and historian

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
– Thomas Fuller

The noblest revenge is to forgive.
– Thomas Fuller

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
– Thomas Fuller

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
– Thomas Fuller

If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.
– Thomas Fuller

All things are difficult before they are easy.
– Thomas Fuller

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
– Thomas Fuller

Sickness is felt, but health not at all.
– Thomas Fuller

A good life is the only religion.
– Thomas Fuller

Health is not valued till sickness comes.
– Thomas Fuller

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
– Thomas Fuller

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
– Thomas Fuller

If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself. If you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.
– Thomas Fuller

A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell.
– Thomas Fuller

If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
– Thomas Fuller

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.
– Thomas Fuller

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
– Thomas Fuller

A good friend is my nearest relation.
– Thomas Fuller

Danger past, God is forgotten.
– Thomas Fuller

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.
– Thomas Fuller

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
– Thomas Fuller

Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs.
– Thomas Fuller

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.
– Thomas Fuller

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
– Thomas Fuller

A stumble may prevent a fall.
– Thomas Fuller

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
– Thomas Fuller

If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.
– Thomas Fuller

Good clothes open all doors.
– Thomas Fuller

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
– Thomas Fuller

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
– Thomas Fuller

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
– Thomas Fuller

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
– Thomas Fuller

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
– Thomas Fuller

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
– Thomas Fuller

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
– Thomas Fuller

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
– Thomas Fuller

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
– Thomas Fuller

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.
– Thomas Fuller

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
– Thomas Fuller

He that will not sail until all dangers are over, will never put to sea.
– Thomas Fuller

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.
– Thomas Fuller

Enquire not what boils in another’s pot.
– Thomas Fuller

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