Thomas Fuller (24 June 1654 – 17 September 1734) was an English physician, writer and preacher. Fuller was born in Rosehill, Sussex, and educated at

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. He practised medicine at

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. In 1723 he published ''Pharmacopoeia Domestica'', and in 1730 ''Exanthematologia, Or, An Attempt to Give a Rational Account of Eruptive Fevers, Especially of the Measles and Small Pox''. In 1732 he published a compilation of

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s titled ''Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; wise sentences and witty saying, ancient and modern, foreign and British'' (321 pp., London: Barker and Bettesworth Hitch) which includes the words, "Be you never so high, the law is above you".Sentence No. 943.
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Works

*''Pharmacopœia Extemporanea: or, a body of medicines, containing a thousand select prescripts, answering most intentions of cure. To which are added useful scholia, a catalog of remedies, and copious index, for the assistance of young physicians.'' *''Introductio ad Prudentiam: or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life.''

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Full Text of Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs
1654 births 1734 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge {{UK-writer-stub