Good is not good where better is expected

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Expectation Quotes

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

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;...

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...

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

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...

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault...

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault...

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

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

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

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

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.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The law is reason free from passion

The law is reason free from passion