Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Enquire not what boils in another's pot

Enquire not what boils in another's pot

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.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

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.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

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.