Bad excuses are worse than none

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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

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

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

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

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

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.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion...

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...