310. A Man surprized is half beaten

Quote byThomas Fuller · 1654–1734

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Gnomologia (1732).

English (original)

310. A Man surprized is half beaten.

— Thomas Fuller

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1887. Think thyself happy if thou hast one true Friend; never think of finding another.

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1800. Make not a Jest of another Man's Infirmity. Remember thy own.

1817. Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage ; and half shut afterward.

1943. If thou canst not find Tranquility in thyself; 'twill be to little Purpose to seek it anywhere else.