271 Quotes by thomas fuller

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

The noblest revenge is to forgive

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

With foxes we must play the fox.

A man is not good or bad for one action.