A book that is shut is but a block.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

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

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

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows little often repeats it

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

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

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

The more wit the less courage.

The more wit the less courage.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but...

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

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

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

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

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

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

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

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.