A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

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Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725) - Fuller, Thomas (1654) | WIST Quotations

Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach. Fuller repeated this item as # 2443 in his second volume (1727), slightly altered: Never trust a…

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