First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.
¶ (Attributed)
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Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physician
He that fears you present, will hate you absent.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
Heaven is a cheap purchase, whatever it cost.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
It is the property of fools, to be always judging.
¶ Gnomologia (1732)
Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.
¶ Gnomologia, #1090 (1732)
He that will not set sail till all dangers are over must never put out to sea.
¶ Gnomologia, #2353 (1732)
Give as thou wouldst receive.
¶ Introductio at Prudentium, #418 (1731)
Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
¶ Man Is Not Alone (1731)
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