Good is not good where better is expected

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Expectation Quotes

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

A good conscience is the best divinity

A good conscience is the best divinity

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.

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...

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get...

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get...

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

A good horse should be seldom spurred

A good horse should be seldom spurred

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...

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

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...

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

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

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

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only...

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only...