With foxes we must play the fox.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it

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...

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between...

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between...

All doors open to courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

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

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

Eaten bread is forgotten.

Eaten bread is forgotten.

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

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

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows little often repeats it

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

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

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

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

What a Day may bring a Day may take away.

What a Day may bring a Day may take away.

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

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...

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither...

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither...