There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

All things are difficult before they were easy

All things are difficult before they were easy

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.

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge...

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge...

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.

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

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

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

We have all forgot more than we remember

We have all forgot more than we remember

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

He that travels much knows much.

He that travels much knows much.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Care and diligence bring luck.

A good conscience is the best divinity

A good conscience is the best divinity

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

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

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

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

Nothing sharpens sight like envy

Nothing sharpens sight like envy

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able...

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able...

Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue

Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue