"1134. Comparisons are odious."

Thomas Fuller (writer)Literature See all quotes by Thomas Fuller (writer) →

React to this quote

More by Thomas Fuller (writer)

See all

“3389. Men are more prone to revengeInjuries, than to requite Kindnesses.”

“4702. The Passions are like Fire and Water ; good Servants, but bad Masters.”

“1544. Fish and Guests smell at three Days old.”

“950. Beauty is but Skin deep ; within is Filth and Putrefaction.”

“2763. Avoid Men that are Hot and Quarrelsome ; they will affront thee for nothing, and urge Things beyond Reason and Measure. They will bring thee into Troubles, which thou wilt not easily get out of. Keeping Company with such is living with Wolves, Bears, and Tygers.”

“5968. You must plow with such Oxen as you have.”

Resonant Thoughts

"The fallacy of your personal bias is inherent in your choice of words."

— Ian Tregillis

physics1973

#family

"Our patriotic and noble-minded sister had adopted our land from Sindu to the seas as her Fatherland. She truly loved it as such, and had our nation been free, we would have been the first to bestow th…"

— Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Politics1883–1966

#family

"What do we want our children to get from Henson’s work? The same thing we learned from it. The philosophy of a gentle dreamer. The message that was encapsulated in “The Rainbow Connection” – the one a…"

— Jim Henson

Music1936–1990

#family