Frasi di Thomas Fuller
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Thomas Fuller è stato uno scrittore, medico e storico inglese.

✵ 24. Giugno 1654 – 17. Settembre 1734
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Thomas Fuller: Frasi in inglese

“310. A Man surprized is half beaten.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3570. No Fool like the old Fool.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2084. He that does not speak Truth to me, does not believe me when I speak Truth.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“757. Abused Patience turns to Fury.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3758. One half of the World wonders how the other lives.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2942. It is good to have two Strings to one's Bow.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2580. Hypocrisy is a Sort of Homage, that Vice pays to Virtue.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3533. New Brooms sweep clean.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3306. Maidens should be seen, and not heard.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1579. Fools may invent Fashions, that wise Men will wear.”

Similarly in French: Les fous inventent les modes et les sages les suivent.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“754. Absence cools moderate Passions, but inflames violent ones.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4369. That penny's well spent, that saves a Groat.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5481. What cannot be alter'd, must be borne, not blam’d.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2782. If you run after two Hares, you will catch neither.”

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1734) : Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog, and Poor Richard's Almanack ( 1737) : He that pursues two Hares at once, does not catch one and lets t'other go.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1223. Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1486. Faint Heart ne'er won fair Lady.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4934. There is nothing more precious than Time, and nothing more prodigally wasted.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4851. The worst Spoke in a Cart breaks first.”

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3273. Look not a given Horse in the Mouth.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1961. He knows which Side of his Bread is butter'd.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5516. Whatsoever Time does, it undoes.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2649. I will not touch her with a Pair of Tongs.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“4942. There must be two at least to a Quarrel.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“407. A small Leak will sink a great Ship.”

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1544. Fish and Guests smell at three Days old.”

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“62. A Crowd is not Company.”

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

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