“Find out thy own Mistakes, and Failings, in order to amend them.”

— Thomas Fuller, Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

About Thomas Fuller

English compiler of the proverb collection 'Gnomologia' (1732).

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“Make not a Jest of another Man's Infirmity.”

“Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”