Thomas Fuller

Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit,
and a rich monument is read more

Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit,
and a rich monument is one embroidered.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those
who take the credit. Try to read more

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those
who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less
competition there.

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.

Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built
many stories high.

Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built
many stories high.

Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
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Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee
A name which before thee no mortal hath won.