Thomas Fuller, M.D. was a British physician, preacher and intellectual.
Fuller was born in Rosehill, Sussex, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He practised medicine at Sevenoaks.
In 1723 he published Pharmacopoeia Domestica, and in 1730 Exanthematologia, Or, An Attempt to Give a Rational Account of Eruptive Fevers, Especially of the Measles and Small Pox. In 1732 he published a compilation of proverbs titled Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; wise sentences and witty saying, ancient and modern, foreign and British which includes the words, "Be you never so high, the law is above you".
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“2350. He that will not be counselled, cannot be helped.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“639. An Oak is not fell'd at one Chop.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3168. Leave no Dirt, you’ll find no Dirt.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5049. Time and Tide tarry for no Man.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4848. The worse the Passage, the more welcome the Port.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5188. To hold with the Hare, and run with the Hounds.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5967. You must not hope to reap Wheat, where you sow'd none.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“270. A Man among Children will be long a Child, a Child among Men will be soon a Man.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4735. The Rich never want for Kindred.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“804. Antiquity is not always a Mark of Verity.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“1657. Give him but Rope enough, and he'll hang himself.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5454. We seldom find out that we are flattered.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6303. He that speaks the Thing he should not,
Shall hear the Thing he would not.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2216. He that lies down with the Dogs, must rise with the fleas.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1733) : He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5542. When a Thing is done, Advice comes too late.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“283. A Man in Passion rides a Horse that runs away with him.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6493. A light Purse
Is a heavy Curse.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : A light purse is a heavy Curse.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5689. While there is Life, there is Hope.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3540. Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“903. Better have an old Man to humour, than a young Rake to break your Heart.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“950. Beauty is but Skin deep; within is Filth and Putrefaction.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5949. You may know by a Handful the whole Sack.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)