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  Thomas Fuller Quotes
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 How weak a thing is gentility, if it wants virtue! Topics: Virtue | | Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections. Topics: Virtue, Discretion, Judging | | In conversation use some, but not too much ceremony; it teaches others to be courteous, too. Demeanors are commonly paid back in their own coin. Topics: Virtue, Discretion | | Vices are as truly contrary to each other as to virtue. Topics: Virtue | | Riches are long in getting with much pains, hard in keeping with much care, quick in losing with more sorrow. Topics: Wealth
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury | | Riches may leave us while we live, we must leave them when we die. Topics: Wealth, Death
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| | If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Topics: Wisdom, Light, Knowledge | | If you would pass for more than your value, say little. It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely. Topics: Wisdom | | A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell! Topics: Wisdom, Foolishness | | A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools. Topics: Wisdom, Foolishness | | A wise man turns chance into good fortune. Topics: Wisdom | | If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. Topics: Wisdom, Cheerfulness |
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