Martin Farquhar Tupper

Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupperwas an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy...
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ignorance ease stranger
Knowledge is leagued with the universe, and findeth a friend in all things; but ignorance is everywhere a stranger, unwelcome; ill at ease and out of place.
brother men speech
Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.
wisdom rocks giving
Few and precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter: To what shall their rarity be likened? What prices shall count their worth? Perfect, and much to be desired, and giving joy with riches, No lovely thing on earth can picture their fair beauty. They be chance pearls, flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of Oblivion.
wisdom errors fool
Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit; And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation.
thinking evil foe
If thou wilt think evil of thy neighbour, soon shalt thou have him for thy foe.
confidence heart men
Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail; A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled.
art littles awareness
If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
memories idiot volume
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
life beautiful hate
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it: The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.
life fire brilliant
Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.
friendship book reading
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
baby peace spring
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.
humility lovely excellence
Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.
men energy useless
Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.