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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“Better be alone than in bad company.”

— Thomas Fuller

Alone

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“Change of weather is the discourse of fools.”

— Thomas Fuller

Change

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”

— Thomas Fuller

Thankful

“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”

— Thomas Fuller

Health

“Despair gives courage to a coward.”

— Thomas Fuller

Courage

“Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.”

— Thomas Fuller

Best

“Abused patience turns to fury.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

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

— Thomas Fuller

Music

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

— Thomas Fuller

Strength

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

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

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

— Thomas Fuller

Power

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

— Thomas Fuller

Money

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

— Thomas Fuller

Great

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

— Thomas Fuller

Work

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

— Thomas Fuller

Learning

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”

— Thomas Fuller

Men

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

— Thomas Fuller

Home

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

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

— Thomas Fuller

Best

“He that hopes no good fears no ill.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear