Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller (1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).

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    A friend to all is a friend to none.
    18th century English proverb, collected in Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)

    I know
    No answer to the children’s cry
    Of echo’s answer and the man of frost
    And ghostly comets over the raised fists.
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell!
    —Thomas Fuller (1608–1661)