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A good friend is my nearest relation.
Thomas Fuller
Friend
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Thomas Fuller
Complaining
'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.
Thomas Fuller
Wrong
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Thomas Fuller
May
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Thomas Fuller
Strength
Skill
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.
Thomas Fuller
Memory
Mind
Monuments
Treasure
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
Thomas Fuller
Travel
Fool
Man
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
Thomas Fuller
Help
Man
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Thomas Fuller
Men
Bachelors
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
Thomas Fuller
Storms
'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.
Thomas Fuller
Question
We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
Thomas Fuller
Sincerity
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Thomas Fuller
Men
Sea
Wine
With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
Thomas Fuller
Action
Devil
Devotion
With foxes we must play the fox.
Thomas Fuller
Play