Poetry is music in words; and music is poetry in sound: both excellent sauce, but those have lived and died poor, who made them their meat

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He that knows least commonly presumes most

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

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

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain...

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain...

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

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

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

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

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

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

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...

A good conscience is the best divinity

A good conscience is the best divinity

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it

When a man won't listen to his conscience, it's usually because he doesn't want advice...

When a man won't listen to his conscience, it's usually because he doesn't want advice...