Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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

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

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

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Money is the best bait to fish for man with.

Money is the best bait to fish for man with.

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...

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings

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

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

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

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

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

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Care and diligence bring luck.

Care and diligence bring luck.

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.