Better lose a jest than a friend

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Jest Quotes

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

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

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.

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...

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

A good friend is my nearest relation.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;...

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

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

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.

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth...

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth...

Business is the salt of life

Business is the salt of life

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.