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

— Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)

About Thomas Fuller

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

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

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

“If thou canst not find Tranquility in thyself; 'twill be to little Purpose to seek it anywhere else.”

“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”

“Where there is great power there is great responsibility.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

“Our popular Government has often been called an experiment.”