Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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

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

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

My son is my son till he have got him a wife, But my daughter's...

My son is my son till he have got him a wife, But my daughter's...

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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

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

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

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

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.