Daily Inspiration Quote by Thomas Fuller

Fuller is selling a hard, almost unsentimental bargain: stop counting friends like property and start treating loyalty as a scarce resource. “More than your share” borrows the language of inheritance and allotment, the moral math of a 17th-century clergyman steeped in sermons about providence and human limitation. The line flatters without inflating: it doesn’t promise happiness, just a surplus relative to what anyone can reasonably expect from a fallen world.

The intent is partly pastoral triage. In an era of plague cycles, civil war, and brittle social order, “true” friendship wasn’t a cute ideal; it was a form of mutual insurance. Fuller writes in a culture where networks mattered and betrayal carried real costs, so he draws a boundary between acquaintance and allegiance. The word “true” quietly indicts the casual, performative sociability that every age mistakes for intimacy. He’s not celebrating sociability; he’s warning against confusing audience with ally.

The subtext is also theological. As a clergyman, Fuller would have seen friendship as a discipline: patience, correction, steadiness under pressure. One genuine friend is “more than your share” because grace is unevenly distributed, and because most relationships buckle under self-interest. The line’s sting is its realism: it suggests the normal human condition is scarcity, not abundance. Today, it lands as a rebuke to follower-count culture, but its sharper point is older: friendship is rare because character is rare.