Martin Farquhar Tupper quotes
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“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.149
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“God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.208
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“It is the cringer to his equal that is chiefly seen bold to his God.”
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“The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.”
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“Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.”
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“I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.”
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“A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection; And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder.”
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“When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.”
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“Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Poetical works”, p.255
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“How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders; but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee.”
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“Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.”
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“He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names, For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by their evils; Or otherwise may hinder by their glories; therefore set him by himself, To win for his individual name some clear praise.”
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“Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee; but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.”
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“To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.”
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“The most wretched have yet hope.”
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“Hate furroweth the brow; and a man may frown till he hateth.”
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“Policy counselleth a gift, given wisely and in season; And policy afterwards approveth it, for great is the influence of gifts.”
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“Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.”
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“For life, good youth, hath never an illWhich hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill;And stubborn realities never shall bindThe free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.”
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“Who shall guess what I may be?Who can tell my fortune to me?For, bravest and brightest that ever was sungMay be - and shall be - the lot of the young!”
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“Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1853). “Proverbial Philosophy by Martin F. Tupper”, p.142
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“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.”
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“Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.”
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“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.272
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“A man looketh on his little one as a being of better hope; in himself ambition is dead, but it bath a resurrection in his son.”
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“Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.”
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“Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hacterus ... : with a Portrait of the Author”, p.261
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“Faith may rise into miracles of might, as some few wise men have shown; faith may sink into credulities of weakness, as the mass of fools have witnessed.”
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“Lay not the plummet to the line; religion hath no landmarks; no human keenness can discern the subtle shades of faith.”
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“None is poor but the mean in mind, the timorous, the weak, and unbelieving; none is wealthy but the affluent in soul, who is satisfied and floweth over.”
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“O Death, what are thou? nurse of dreamless slumbers freshening the fevered flesh to a wakefulness eternal.”
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“Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.”
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“Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.”
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“Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to this measure of capacity; precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him.”
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“Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day; And in one little word, our life, what is it but--To-day?”
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“To-morrow is that lamp upon the marsh, which a traveller never reacheth; To-morrow, the rainbow's cup, coveted prize of ignorance; To-morrow, the shifting anchorage, dangerous trust of manners; To-morrow, the wrecker's beacon, wily snare of the destroyer. Reconcile conviction with delay, and To-morrow is a fatal lie; Frighten resolutions into action, To-morrow is a wholesome truth.”
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“Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education, But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things.”
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“A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good; for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.”
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“Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.”
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“Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.”
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“If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand; his tongue is eloquent to tempt; lust of many harms is lurking in his eye; he hath a hollow heart; use him cautiously.”
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“Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.”
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“True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.”
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“To be accurate, write; to remember, write; to know thine own mind, write. And a written prayer is a prayer of faith, special, sure, and to be answered.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1857). “Complete poetical works: containing: Proverbial philosophy, A thousand lines, Hactenus, Geraldine, and miscellaneous poems. With a portrait of the author”, p.80
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“Solitude delighteth well to feed on many thoughts; There as thou sittest peaceful, communing with fancy, The precious poetry of life shall gild its leaden cares; There, as thou walkest by the sea beneath the gentle stars, Many kindling seeds of good will sprout within thy soul; Thou shalt weep in Solitude,--thou shalt pray in Solitude. Thou shalt sing for joy of heart, and praise the grace of Solitude.”
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“Alike to the slave and his oppressor cometh night with sweet refreshment, and half of the life of the most wretched is gladdened by the soothings of sleep.”
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“Happiness is a roadside flower growing on the highways of usefulness; plucked, it shall wither in thy hand; passed by, it is fragrance to thy spirit. Trample the thyme beneath thy feet; be useful, be happy.”
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“Clamorous pauperism feastest While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.”
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“Lies can destroy, but not create.”
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“Love is the weapon which Omnipotence reserved to conquer rebel man when all the rest had failed. Reason he parries; fear he answers blow for blow; future interest he meets with present pleasure; but love, that sun against whose melting beams the winter cannot stand--that soft subliming slumber which wrestles down the giant, there is not one human being in a million, nor a thousand men in all earth's huge quintillion, whose clay heart is hardened against love.”
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“Love with life is heaven; and life, unloving, hell.”
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“Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.”
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“Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.”
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“As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.”
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“Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1846). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated”, p.23
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“As frost to the bud, and blight to the blossom, even such is self-interest to friendship; for confidence cannot dwell where selfishness is porter at the gate.”
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“Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.”
-- Martin Farquhar TupperSource : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1846). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated”, p.147
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“Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.”
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“He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.”
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“Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.”
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