Thomas Fuller
England
24 Jun 1654 // 17 Sep 1734
Physician / Preacher / Intellectual
24 Jun 1654 // 17 Sep 1734
Physician / Preacher / Intellectual
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A wounded conscience is able to unparadise paradise itself
A guilty conscience is like a whirlpool, drawing in all to itself which would otherwise pass by
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea
We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity
We have all forgot more than we remember
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse
Today is yesterday's pupil
The more wit the less courage
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays