He that knows least commonly presumes most

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Knowledge Quotes

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

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 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.

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...

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.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

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.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

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

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

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

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

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;...

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

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

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

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

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.

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will...

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School...

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...