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."

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

— Thomas Fuller

Money

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”

— Thomas Fuller

Health

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

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

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

— Thomas Fuller

Work

“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”

— Thomas Fuller

Knowledge

“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

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

— Thomas Fuller

Peace

“Abused patience turns to fury.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

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

— Thomas Fuller

Birthday

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”

— Thomas Fuller

Thankful

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

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

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

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

“A good garden may have some weeds.”

— Thomas Fuller

Gardening

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

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

“Better be alone than in bad company.”

— Thomas Fuller

Alone

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”

— Thomas Fuller

Men

“Change of weather is the discourse of fools.”

— Thomas Fuller

Change

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

— Thomas Fuller

Architecture

“Scalded cats fear even cold water.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

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

— Thomas Fuller

Anger