If better were within, better would come out.
Thomas Fuller
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If better were within, better would come out.
J.R. RIM Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or deba...
CATHY BETTER If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has...
THOMAS FULLER Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better.
ANTONIN SCALIA If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.
HENRY KISSINGER Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. -Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER The more the paper, the fuller the bins; the more word gets out about this contest, the better off w...
JODIE VOGLER It would be cool if it were a better color.
JUSTIN CHILDERS The guys played well for Thomas. They were sad because they believed we could do better, but they di...
ROBERT BROWN A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains. Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER Initial claims were significantly better than the expected 300,000, and they were well within the ra...
PATRICK FEARON If only the world were full of truth, things would be better.
JOSH CHILDERS I would he were better, I would he were worse
JOSEPH WELDON ASHURST It would be better if there were a deal to postpone the second edition.
FIRMAN GANI The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day...
AESOP He's trying to create an impression that he did a lot better than he would have is his clients had c...
ALAN HEVESI The Ravens were the only team I would have come back for because of these two guys, Ray [Lewis] and ...
DEION SANDERS She was tremendous today. I would hate to see what would happen if we didn't have Kelly today. She's...
JOE TORNETTA They were better. If it makes us better, mission accomplished.
DAN STANDER We really wanted to come out and push the ball in the second half. We were getting dominated on the ...
CATHY NIXON It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.
DANIEL BERNOULLI It would have been better if we had won (against Louisville). We could come in feeling a little bett...
JAMES WHITE If this storm wasn't out there, the market would probably be behaving much better.
JAY SUSKIND You want to enjoy it. Hopefully, it'd come in a win. It would've been a little better and a sweeter ...
MIKE PIAZZA If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be conce...
THOMAS HARDY This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
ABU BAKAR BASHIR [I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no
mathematicians on earth.
DANIEL BERNOULLI If it were better, it wouldn't be as good.
BRENDAN GILL We're having a good time. But it would be even better if the sun would just stay out.
JEFF BEAN Strong leadership and better communication would likely turn it around within 18 to 24 months.
DHULSINI DE ZOYSA Last week left a sour taste in our mouth, ... (Defensive coordinator Ron) Rivera told us to be one p...
CHRIS HARRIS If 2005 were a typical year, without so many rained out summer weekends and if MacDonald was fully o...
DOUG KUPPER You're not gay, are you?"
Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better.
CASSANDRA CLARE Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. Clarendon -Th...
THOMAS FULLER Hopefully we'll have a good week [of practice]. We got [Thomas] Dale, we better.
BILL BOWLES I don't know if we were nervous or what. We need to come out a lot better than we did, and that was ...
ERICA FARINA If the other guys had played better all year, I'm sure (McNamara being called overrated) never would...
JIM BOEHEIM If we were obedient to God as dogs are to us the world would be a better place.
NORM TOMLINSON I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place.
MATT SMITH Women who came into the program were very depressed and very anxious, and very angry and their marri...
ALICE DOMAR You would think things were getting better around here.
BETTY MCGEE The market is going to do better as the economy slows some and the Fed's done. What's perverse is th...
JASON TRENNERT What people want is a sense of a better future to come.
DOUGLAS ALEXANDER She botched the job of selling the cuts. People were left wondering if just the better-off would ben...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new...
BEN GOLDACRE If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL We didn't play our best game. They played better than us. We didn't come out as strong as they did. ...
AMANDA GONSALVES It set in last week when we realized we were out of the playoffs. But we wanted to come out with a b...
BRIAN FINNERAN We didn't come out to play, we didn't come out with any urgency. We've got to do better because, if ...
DEMA KOVALENKO Some things sound better if they don't come from you.
JOYCE RACHELLE If [the investor group] wanted to do something compelling they would come out with a dollar figure. ...
ANDREW BROUSSEAU He is sure to be more happy who has eaten well and slept well and has besides a little money in his ...
HENRY MILLER Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect few...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. We found out we were doing much better than we thought we were.
MARA HARTMANN It would be nice if we could come out and get the lead early. We've fought back a couple of times ag...
BRIAN DUROCHER This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt...
EARL WILSON If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable thi...
ORSON SCOTT CARD If you look within the United States, religion seems to make you a better person. Yet atheist societ...
PAUL BLOOM Same-sex divides all parties, Liberals included, and a better bet for the Tories would be to come ou...
GERRY NICHOLLS If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, I would appoint him secretary of state, and then Al Gore and I...
BILL CLINTON If it were better, it wouldn't be as good.
BRENDAN GILL We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right...
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI I received a lot of feedback from people who felt that this year's event was a lot fuller and had a ...
KATHERINE YOUNG We were looking to find competition that would help us get better.
JOE NICKEL I think some resorts performed better, a few were slightly down overall. I would say it was probably...
HEATHER ATWELL If there were kids out with it starting last Thursday, I would hope that by Friday something would h...
LAURA BERG I suppose it would be better if one were aggressive, contentious and so on. But there's rarely any o...
FRANK KERMODE When we’re going through a rough patch, if we stay centered and stay out of fear, we can come out ...
JOAN PILLEN Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.
JESSE HELMS The girls seemed to come alive and overall played much better, ... There were less mistakes.
JENNIFER ROBERTS At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from wit...
WADAH KHANFAR There were some tears shed by the guys tonight. I told them to go out and play the way Thomas would ...
LARON WHITE A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
BOBBY BOWDEN Somehow that came out sounding better than we would have thought,
RICHARD THOMPSON We welcome anyone from out of town, whether they're performers and producers. People can come if the...
GLYN PARTRIDGE If Americans were to make the effort to manage their weight using a variety of options, including be...
LOUIS ARONNE There is hope and very often people come out of adversity for the better.
BARBARA GREEN It used to be (college) coaches would come in and evaluate tape. Within a few minutes, they could te...
TOM PADJEN This world that we live in would be perfect if there were less prejudice and people who think they a...
WERLEY NORTREUS If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then th...
BRUCE JENNER I thought the guys played hard, and they executed better than I thought they would, ... I thought th...
JOHN HORNER Better fifty enemies outside the house than one within
IRISH SAYINGS Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything bett...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE I think it would be better to leave out the telepathic part.
ALLYNN RIGGS Its better to Convince by words rather than your Hands. We should not degrade our Standard for other...
MERLIN8THOMAS Wouldn't you feel better if he were hear to tell you?
JOEL ISAACSON If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place.
JAKE SHIMABUKURO We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other.
PHIL ROBERTSON I was basically eking it out. (The reunion) couldn't have come at a better time.
JOEY SANTIAGO If I was crazy, would I know it? That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. ...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG Life wasn't easy growing up; it was frustrating. If I had been a better reader, then that would ...
CAITLYN JENNER We didn't come out with as much intensity as I hoped we would tonight. We played a good team, but we...
CHAD KISON I think they were much better prepared this time. They knew their documents better and their cross-e...
CHRIS SEEGER We knew Zillah would come to play and we knew we had the weather the storm. In the third quarter we ...
TIM TAYLOR I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and s...
JAMES VAN DER BEEK Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning...
CARL JUNG Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning...
CARL GUSTAV JUNG With the flight out of technology and the Nasdaq, we may see Monsanto do better than if Nasdaq were ...
COREY OSTMAN We dropped some games earlier in the season where if our defense had been better, we would have had ...
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THOMAS FULLER Today is yesterday's pupil.
THOMAS FULLER Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
THOMAS FULLER He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.
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THOMAS FULLER We have all forgot more than we remember.
THOMAS FULLER A good garden may have some weeds.
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THOMAS FULLER Poor men's reasons are not heard.
THOMAS FULLER It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
THOMAS FULLER All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
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THOMAS FULLER All doors open to courtesy.
THOMAS FULLER Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
THOMAS FULLER Old foxes want no tutors.
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THOMAS FULLER The more laws, the more offenders.
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THOMAS FULLER When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first; but if the strife co...
THOMAS FULLER Soft words are hard arguments.
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THOMAS FULLER Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
THOMAS FULLER Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
THOMAS FULLER Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
THOMAS FULLER A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
THOMAS FULLER Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
THOMAS FULLER He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
THOMAS FULLER An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
THOMAS FULLER He does not believe that does not live according to his belief .
THOMAS FULLER The more wit the less courage.
THOMAS FULLER Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.
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THOMAS FULLER One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
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THOMAS FULLER Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wr...
THOMAS FULLER Prospect is often better than possession.
THOMAS FULLER Do nothing hastily but catching of fleas.
THOMAS FULLER Great and good are seldom the same man.
THOMAS FULLER If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
THOMAS FULLER Nothing sharpens sight like envy.
THOMAS FULLER Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
THOMAS FULLER Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
THOMAS FULLER A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
THOMAS FULLER The devil himself is good when he is pleased.
THOMAS FULLER Good clothes open all doors.
THOMAS FULLER Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
THOMAS FULLER Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
THOMAS FULLER A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
THOMAS FULLER A man is not good or bad for one action.
THOMAS FULLER Blindness hatred is blind, as well as love.
THOMAS FULLER He is rich that is satisfied.
THOMAS FULLER A man surprised is half beaten.
THOMAS FULLER A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
THOMAS FULLER Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed.
THOMAS FULLER In taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
THOMAS FULLER He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.
THOMAS FULLER Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.
THOMAS FULLER Vows are made in storms and forgotten in calm weather.
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THOMAS FULLER A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
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THOMAS FULLER Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
THOMAS FULLER Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
THOMAS FULLER Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
THOMAS FULLER If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.
THOMAS FULLER Bad excuses are worse than none.
THOMAS FULLER Willful waste brings woeful want.
THOMAS FULLER He teaches me to be good that does me good.
THOMAS FULLER What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed.
THOMAS FULLER A generous confession disarms slander.
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THOMAS FULLER Despair gives courage to a coward.
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THOMAS FULLER Lavishness is not generosity.
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THOMAS FULLER He that is proud of the rustling of his silks, like a madman,
laughs at the ratling of his fetters....
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over the threshold thereof.
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shut, all will drop out of it. Take h...
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THOMAS FULLER Much matter decocted into few words.
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THOMAS FULLER Bad excuses are worse than none
THOMAS FULLER Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
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THOMAS FULLER He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, is a devil.
THOMAS FULLER Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.
THOMAS FULLER It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
THOMAS FULLER The end of fishing is not angling, but catching.
THOMAS FULLER A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
THOMAS FULLER Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions
to his censure.
THOMAS FULLER Too good for great things and too great for good.
THOMAS FULLER Virtue is the only true nobility.
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THOMAS FULLER Thus this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into
Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, t...
THOMAS FULLER Better lose a jest than a friend
THOMAS FULLER Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.
THOMAS FULLER Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
...
THOMAS FULLER Thus God's children are immorall whiles their
Father hath anything for them to do on earth.
THOMAS FULLER He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.
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THOMAS FULLER He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.
THOMAS FULLER Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.
THOMAS FULLER Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.
THOMAS FULLER A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
THOMAS FULLER One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
THOMAS FULLER Better a tooth out than always aching.
THOMAS FULLER Care and diligence bring luck.
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THOMAS FULLER There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.
THOMAS FULLER 'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
THOMAS FULLER A good horse should be seldom spurred.
THOMAS FULLER A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.
THOMAS FULLER We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
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THOMAS FULLER If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
THOMAS FULLER Great hopes make great men.
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THOMAS FULLER If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
THOMAS FULLER If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
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THOMAS FULLER Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
THOMAS FULLER There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
THOMAS FULLER Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
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and a rich monument is one embroid...
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THOMAS FULLER Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.
THOMAS FULLER If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.
THOMAS FULLER He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar
by the bargain.
THOMAS FULLER Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.
THOMAS FULLER No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be
broken.
THOMAS FULLER Act nothing in furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
THOMAS FULLER He was born within the sound of Bow-bell.
THOMAS FULLER Light (God's eldest daughter!)
THOMAS FULLER He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
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THOMAS FULLER To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no
less are thoughts of mortality cord...
THOMAS FULLER He that fears your presence will hate you absence.
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THOMAS FULLER The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
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THOMAS FULLER If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
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THOMAS FULLER Enquire not what boils in another's pot.
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THOMAS FULLER Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.
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