A Quote by Thomas Fuller

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

Thomas Fuller

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Devil Falls Man Saint Sin

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Thomas Fuller
English - Priest
June 19, 1608 - August 16, 1661

It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing "shade?"

Michelle Singletary

A man who smiles when he falls gives the Devil a good slap!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.

William Cowper

Man's nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.

Al-Ghazali

At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint.

Vasily Grossman

[To a priest who smoked:] What a shame for a man to dress like a saint and smell like a devil!

Carrie Nation

He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.

Seneca the Younger

Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to.

Martin Luther

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

Pope John Paul II

To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man.

Blaise Pascal

Whatever sin the heart of man is most prone to, that the devil will help forward.

Thomas Brooks

He was a patient man, a kind man, a man who cared about animals and human beings, all qualities not to be devalued, but James Herriot was not a saint. I tried so hard to play against some of the scripts that implied that he was a saint, but I don't think I was always altogether successful.