Thomas Fuller Quotes
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Fuller, Thomas. Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs. B. Barker, 1732.
This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David.
When Judah P. Benjamin announced to the Confederate War Department that the Union Army had been defeated at Manassas on July 21, 1865, he spoke:
When Washington was younger and running for the colonial Virginia assembly, he bought beer and rum for all the voters in his precinct. He did not then realize the damage that alcohol can do. One of the commonalities between Lincoln and Washington were their experience in seeing alcohol cause the death and/or ruination of many. See {630832}.
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).
