Inspirational Quotes by Thomas Fuller
“He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.”
“It is riches of the mind only that make a man rich and happy.”
topics: Finances
“It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.”
“Reward a good servant well, and rather get quit of a bad one than disquiet thyself with him.”
“There is a Spanish proverb, that one who would grow rich must buy of those who go to be executed, as not caring how cheap they sell; and sell to those who go to be married, as not caring how dear they buy.”
topics: Finances
“Better give a shilling than lend and lose half a crown.”
“Some men, like a tiled house, are long before they take fire, but once on flame there is no coming near to quench them.”
“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.”
topics: Forgiveness
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.”
topics: Forgiveness
“It the best to be with those in time, that we hope to be with in eternity.”
“Make not thy friends too cheap to thee, nor thyself to thy friend.”
“If thou would'st be borne with, then bear with others.”
“Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rushes to it, it may soon run itself out of breath.”
topics: Friendship
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Thomas Fuller 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.
His sense of humour kept him from extremes. "By his particular temper and management," said Echard (Hist. of England), "he weathered the late great storm with more success than many other great men." He was known as "a perfect walking library." Antithetic and axiomatic sentences abound in his pages.. "Wit," wrote Coleridge after reading the Church History, "was the stuff and substance of Fuller's intellect". Charles Lamb made some selections from Fuller, and admired his "golden works."