Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fullerwas an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662 after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 June 1608
act anger furious putting sea
Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
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Deceive not thyself by over-expecting happiness in the married estate. Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs, as if their mirth were turned into care for their young ones.
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A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better they be
affection fair judge justice trial
That trial is not fair where affection is judge
implacable weakest
The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable
bad good spares
He that spares the bad injures the good
dirt himself
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most
best candle divine light thy
The best way to see divine light is to put out thy own candle
devil good goodness himself
The devil himself is good when he is pleased.
aim arrows good known
A good archer is not known by his arrows but his aim
beat fortune man whom
All the world will beat the man whom fortune buffets
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong.
rightly
It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
paradise
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!