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Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

Soft words are hard arguments.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Light, Gods eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

If you command wisely, youll be obeyed cheerfully.

The more wit the less courage.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.