Authors - Thomas Fuller
Brief Biography
Thomas Fuller (1608 - 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons). - Wikipedia
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Quote 5291by Anonymous on 12/06/2011
Learning makes a man fit company for himself.
Quote 6101by Anonymous on 14/09/2011
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
Quote 6674by Anonymous on 03/10/2011
He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.
Quote 7031by Anonymous on 17/10/2011
The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
Quote 8090by Anonymous on 21/04/2012
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Quote 8208by Anonymous on 28/04/2012
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Quote 8425by Anonymous on 12/05/2012
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Quote 9442by Anonymous on 31/07/2012
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Quote 9531by Anonymous on 02/08/2012
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Quote 9826by Anonymous on 25/08/2012
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
Quote 10483by Anonymous on 07/10/2012
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
Quote 10702by Anonymous on 19/10/2012
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
Quote 10778by Anonymous on 28/10/2012
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
Quote 10928by Anonymous on 11/11/2012
Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.
Quote 11223by Anonymous on 02/12/2012
There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
Quote 11637by Anonymous on 12/01/2013
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
Quote 12134by Anonymous on 08/03/2013
About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.
Quote 12598by Anonymous on 01/05/2013
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Quote 12641by Anonymous on 05/05/2013
If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.
Quote 12918by Anonymous on 02/06/2013
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
Quote 13975by Anonymous on 01/10/2013
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
