Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept their promises

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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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.

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

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;...

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

Good is not good where better is expected

Good is not good where better is expected

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself.

No man is the worse for knowing the worst of himself.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

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

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

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...

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

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

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

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

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

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

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...

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

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

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.