“Learn the art of Silence; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.”

— 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.”

“Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”

“Most wretched men are cradled into poetry by wrong; They learn in suffering what they teach in song.”

“Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilisation of knowledge.”

“So I say, if you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.”

“Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.”

“There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.”