Thomas Fuller ( 10 of 107 )
Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.
Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.
It is to be feared lest our long quarrels about the manner of His presence cause the matter of His read more
It is to be feared lest our long quarrels about the manner of His presence cause the matter of His absence, for our want of charity to receive Him.
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar
by the bargain.
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar
by the bargain.
To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no
less are thoughts of mortality read more
To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no
less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.
The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the
names of their founders.
The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the
names of their founders.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains. Thomas Fuller.
A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains. Thomas Fuller.
Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
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Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee
A name which before thee no mortal hath won.
