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."

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

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”

— Thomas Fuller

God

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

— Thomas Fuller

Great

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

— Thomas Fuller

Best

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

— Thomas Fuller

Peace

“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

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

— Thomas Fuller

Home

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

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

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

— Thomas Fuller

Learning

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

— Thomas Fuller

Art

“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

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

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

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

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

“A good garden may have some weeds.”

— Thomas Fuller

Gardening

“He that hopes no good fears no ill.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“Scalded cats fear even cold water.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

— Thomas Fuller

Work

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

— Thomas Fuller

Great

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

— Thomas Fuller

Love

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

— Thomas Fuller

Music