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

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

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.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

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.

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.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

A good garden may have some weeds.

A good garden may have some weeds.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till...

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till...

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.