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Men Quotes by Thomas Fuller
- He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
- An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
- Great hopes make great men.
- No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
- A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
- Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
- He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
- A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
- Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
- Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
- A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.
- The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
- Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
- Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
- Poor men's reasons are not heard.
- Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
- Praise makes good men better and bad men worse
- Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
- Great hopes make great men. --Thomas Fuller
- Jars concealed are half reconciled; but if generally known, it is a double task to stop the breach at home and men's mouths abroad.
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