Thomas Fuller

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

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English clergyman & historian (1608 - 1661)

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched.

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Thomas Fuller
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English clergyman & historian (1608 - 1661)

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when th

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

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Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy pas

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.

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Thomas Fuller
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He that fears your presence will hate you absence.

He that fears your presence will hate you absence.

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No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.

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One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

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He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.

He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.

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Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
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If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

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