Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Today is yesterday's pupil.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

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.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Abused patience turns to fury.

With foxes we must play the fox.

With foxes we must play the fox.

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...

Better lose a jest than a friend

Better lose a jest than a friend

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

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

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

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.

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till...

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till...

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

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...

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

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

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.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

Eaten bread is forgotten.