Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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A book that is shut is but a block.

A book that is shut is but a block.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

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

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

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

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

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

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

A good garden may have some weeds.

A good garden may have some weeds.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

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

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

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and...

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.