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."

“One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.”

— Thomas Fuller

Motivational

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.”

— Thomas Fuller

Peace

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”

— Thomas Fuller

Men

“Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.”

— Thomas Fuller

Music

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

— Thomas Fuller

Power

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

— Thomas Fuller

Birthday

“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”

— Thomas Fuller

Health

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

— Thomas Fuller

Inspirational

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.”

— Thomas Fuller

Business

“The more wit the less courage.”

— Thomas Fuller

Courage

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

— Thomas Fuller

Learning

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“He that hopes no good fears no ill.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.”

— Thomas Fuller

Architecture

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

— Thomas Fuller

Home

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

— Thomas Fuller

Work

“A good garden may have some weeds.”

— Thomas Fuller

Gardening

“Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.”

— Thomas Fuller

Art

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

— Thomas Fuller

Strength

“A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.”

— Thomas Fuller

Money