Fame is the echo of actions, resounding... by Thomas Fuller

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Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

- Thomas Fuller

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Worth God

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

- Thomas Fuller

Contentment

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

- Thomas Fuller

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

- Thomas Fuller

Man

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

- Thomas Fuller

Heir

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

- Thomas Fuller

Money

A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

- Thomas Fuller

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