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Thomas Fuller. (1608–1661) 2453 She commandeth her husband, in any equal matter, by constant obeying him. Holy and Profane State. The Good Wife. 2454 He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows. The Good Husband. 2455 One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience. The Good Advocate. 2456 A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion. 1 The True Church Antiquary. 2457 But our captain counts the image of God—nevertheless his image—cut in ebony as if done in ivory, and in the blackest Moors he sees the representation of the King of Heaven. The Good Sea-Captain. 2458 To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul. The Virtuous Lady. 2459 The lion is not so fierce as painted. 2 Of Preferment. 2460 Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit; sometimes so long that there is no wit for so much room. Of Natural Fools. 2461 The Pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders. Of Tombs. 2462 Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. Of Books. 2463 They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter. Of Marriage. 2464 Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing. Fame. 2465 Often the cockloft is empty in those whom Nature hath built many stories high. 3 Andronicus. Sect. vi. Par. 18, 1.
