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."

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

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

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

— Thomas Fuller

Great

“Charity begins at home, but should not end there.”

— Thomas Fuller

Home

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

— Thomas Fuller

Architecture

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.”

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

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

— Thomas Fuller

Music

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

— Thomas Fuller

Great

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

— Thomas Fuller

Peace

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

— Thomas Fuller

Learning

“A good garden may have some weeds.”

— Thomas Fuller

Gardening

“If thou art a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf.”

— Thomas Fuller

Art

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

— Thomas Fuller

Business

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

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

— Thomas Fuller

Money

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”

— Thomas Fuller

Men

“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

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

— Thomas Fuller

Forgiveness

“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”

— Thomas Fuller

Knowledge

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”

— Thomas Fuller

Thankful

“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience