A flatterer is the shadow of a fool. Thomas Overbury More Quotes by Thomas Overbury More Quotes From Thomas Overbury Wit is brushwood; judgment, timber; the one gives the greatest flame, the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire. Thomas Overbury yieldflamesfire Beauty is only skin deep. Thomas Overbury skinsbeautyinspirational The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry Thomas Overbury potatoesfoodmen Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring. Thomas Overbury frailwomentwo Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day Thomas Overbury coalnext-dayfire Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it. Thomas Overbury absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonderabsent-friendsabsence An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous Thomas Overbury ambitiousbeesworld Things were first made, then words. Thomas Overbury madefirsts Nature is God's. Art is man's instrument. Thomas Overbury instrumentsmenart The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. Thomas Overbury
