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

— 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.”

“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.”

“Wit is cultured insolence.”

“A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.”

“The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.”

“Humor is the most engaging cowardice.”

“At bottom the world isn't a joke.”

“This type is the grotesque; its new form is comedy.”