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"1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them."
"812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations."

Thomas Fuller was an English physician, writer and preacher. Fuller was born in Rosehill, Sussex, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He practised medicine at Sevenoaks. In 1723 he published Pharmacopoeia Domestica, and in 1730 Exanthematologia, Or, An Attempt to Give a Rational Account of Eruptive Fevers, Especially of the Measles and Small Pox. In 1732 he published a compilation of prove
"1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them."
"3657. None so deaf, as he that will not hear."
"2801. If you would know the value of a Ducat, try to borrow one."
"1817. Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage ; and half shut afterward."
"1953. Learn the art of Silence; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks."
"1978. If thou art wise, thou knowest thy own Ignorance; and thou art ignorant if thou knowest not thy self."