Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept...

Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept...

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the...

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the...

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

We have all forgot more than we remember

We have all forgot more than we remember

Old foxes want no tutors.

Old foxes want no tutors.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

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

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

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

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

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an...

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an...