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"30 Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 17 July 1810. Died: 29 November 1889 | Writer | Poet |

A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world.

Spark Kindle World
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God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

God Beautiful Necessity Love
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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.

Book Best Friends Today
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Well timed silence has more eloquence than speech.

Timed Silence Eloquence Speech
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Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.

Nature God Attributes
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Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil.

Error Plant Flourishes Soil
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The pen has shaken nations.

Pen Shaken Nations
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Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay.

Law Dominion Mind Creature
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Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless

Labour Conquest Life Man
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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.

Travel Education Wisdom Thoughts
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Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Humility Stature Excellence Lovely
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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.

Ridicule Weapon Mind Cowards
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Hatred is the atmosphere of hell.

Hatred Atmosphere Hell
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Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

Power Innocent Envy Eminence
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Lies can destroy, but not create.

Lies Destroy Create
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Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.

Extravagance Rich Pitfall
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Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.
Love Fire Gladden Consume
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One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

Glance Conquer Descriptions
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Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

Better Sincerity Right Falsehood
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He who does not tire, tires adversity.

Tire Adversity
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True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.

Wisdom Deny Mind Argument
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Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.

Speech Reason's Kingly Man
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Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.

Wealth Happiness Misery
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Hope and be happy that all's for the best!

Hope Happy Best
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A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

Wise Man Heedeth Fool
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Age hath its quiet calm, and youth enjoyeth not for haste.

Age Calm Youth Haste
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Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.

Mind Kingdom Pleasure Ideas
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Speech is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought.

Speech Harvest Thought
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Economy, the poor man's mint.

Economy Poor Man's
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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Pain Pleasure Luxury Health
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Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes & Sayings