Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

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• Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

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  Witty, Powerful, Humorous

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.149

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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.

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  Prayer, Writing, Mind

  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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• If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

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  Art, Littles, Awareness

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• It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Eye, Dark, Ifs

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• God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

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  Love, Beautiful

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.208

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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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  Strong, Fear, People

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• Lies can destroy, but not create.

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  Lying

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• 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.

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  Confidence, Heart, Men

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1860). “Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy," "A Thousand Lines," "Hactenus," "Geraldine," and "Miscellaneous Poems"”, p.221

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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.

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  Baby, Peace, Spring

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.272

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• A man too careful of danger liveth in continual torment, But a cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy within him.

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  Men, Joy, Cheerful

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1860). “Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy," "A Thousand Lines," "Hactenus," "Geraldine," and "Miscellaneous Poems"”, p.15

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• Hatred is the atmosphere of hell.

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  Hate, Hatred, Atmosphere

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.121

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• Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

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  Sincerity, Falsehood

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1846). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated”, p.147

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• Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."

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  Giving Up, Adversity, Cups

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1863). “Cithara: a selection from the lyrics of M. F. Tupper”, p.48

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• Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Life, Fire, Brilliant

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.208

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• Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Men, Pitfalls, Extravagance

  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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• The pen has shaken nations.

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  Pens, Nations

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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, Heart, Winter

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• Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle.

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  Wings, Eagles, Imagination

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1853). “Proverbial Philosophy by Martin F. Tupper”, p.142

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• Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

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  Power, Envy, Innocent

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1846). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated”, p.23

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• One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

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  Vision, Conquer, Description

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1850). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. 1st and 2d Series in One Volume”, p.327

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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.

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  Men, Energy, Useless

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1860). “Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy," "A Thousand Lines," "Hactenus," "Geraldine," and "Miscellaneous Poems"”, p.85

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• Yet is beauty the pleasing trickery that cheateth half the world.

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  Beauty, Half, World

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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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  Son, Winning, Men

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• Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

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  Men, Hateful, Misanthrope

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Poetical works”, p.255

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• 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.

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  Selfish, Passion, Men

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus”, p.20

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