“Thou may'st extract an Antidote out of a Viper, and Good out of an Enemy.”

— 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.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”