Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

47 quotes

Known primarily as an English churchman and historian, Thomas Fuller also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. Their thinking spans from Great to Men, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection includes 57 quotes from Thomas Fuller, touching on Great, Men, Fear, Patience, and Money — a testament to just how much they had to say. A line that stays with you: "He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it."

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“Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”

— Thomas Fuller

Inspirational

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

— Thomas Fuller

Smile

“Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.”

— Thomas Fuller

Power

“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”

— Thomas Fuller

Health

“Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.”

— Thomas Fuller

Learning

“A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.”

— Thomas Fuller

Best

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”

— Thomas Fuller

Men

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“The more wit the less courage.”

— Thomas Fuller

Courage

“Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.”

— Thomas Fuller

Love

“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”

— Thomas Fuller

Great

“He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.”

— Thomas Fuller

Great

“If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.”

— Thomas Fuller

Home

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

— Thomas Fuller

Birthday

“'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”

— Thomas Fuller

Strength

“Scalded cats fear even cold water.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

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

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

“Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Anger