Thomas Fuller ( 10 of 107 )
The end of fishing is not angling, but catching.
The end of fishing is not angling, but catching.
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
Bad excuses are worse than none
Bad excuses are worse than none
Thus God's children are immorall whiles their
Father hath anything for them to do on earth.
Thus God's children are immorall whiles their
Father hath anything for them to do on earth.
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will read more
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will get you wrong.
Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands read more
Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands me to go upstairs, and covetousness to come down. Vices, I see, are as well contrary to themselves as to virtue. Free me, Lord, from this distracted case; fetch me from being sin's servant to be Thine, whose "service is perfect freedom," for Thou art but one, and ever the same.
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only read more
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only they differ in the race
of their lives.
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
