Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupperwas an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy...
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men pitfalls extravagance
Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.
son winning men
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.
faith wise men
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.
hate men may
Hate furroweth the brow; and a man may frown till he hateth.
brother men speech
Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.
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.
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.
selfish passion men
Man liveth from hour to hour, and knoweth not what may happen; Influences circle him on all sides, and yet must he answer for his actions: For the being that is master of himself, bendeth events to his will, But a slave to selfish passions is the wavering creature of circumstance.
wise men race
The wise man knoweth where to stop, as he runneth in the race of fortune, For experience of old hath taught him, that happiness lingered midway; And many in hot pursuit have hasted to the goal of wealth, But have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold--the mind and the power to enjoy it.
wise humility men
Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.
dream men wicked
Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.
men hateful misanthrope
Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.
men lotuses green
Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.
men joy cheerful
A man too careful of danger liveth in continual torment, But a cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy within him.