Thomas Fuller Quotes


One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.


Citations

Fuller, Thomas. Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs. B. Barker, 1732, p. 151.

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Thomas of London. Beckett was the friend of King Henry and his Chancellor. Henry against Becket’s advice appointed him Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the church in England. Soon Henry came into conflict with the Church and Thomas sided with the Church and against his old friend and king. The king had him assassinated despite their friendship.


Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller
  • Born: June 19, 1608
  • Died: August 16, 1661
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Clergyman Historian

Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen (and his many patrons).