Thomas Fuller föddes den June 19th1608 och dog den 16 August 1661 - one of the most prolific authors of the 17th century. Mer info via Google eller Bing.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched. Try whether
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper
Light (God's eldest daughter!) is a principal beauty in a building.
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.