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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 seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

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  Firsts, Instruction, Seeds

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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.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  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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• 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.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  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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• 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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• Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, but that which hatred swelleth, is keen to carve out evil.

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  Hate, Heart, Evil

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1871). “Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete”, p.52

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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.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Children, Ambition, Son

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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.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Good Life, Reality, Wings

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Ballads for the Times: (now First Collected), Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Hactenus, A Thousand Lines, and Other Poems”, p.156

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• 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.

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  Wise, Men, Race

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1850). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. 1st and 2d Series in One Volume”, p.124

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

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  Wise, Wisdom, Eye

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.66

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• Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.

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  Life, Light, Darkness

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1855). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated : First and Second Series, Complete in One Volume”, p.24

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• 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.

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  Ignorance, Ease, Stranger

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.100

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• Love with life is heaven; and life, unloving, hell.

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  Love, Heaven, Life Is

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.207

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• Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.

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  Misery, Wealth, Given

  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.85

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• In the morning of life, before its wearisome journey, The youthful soul doth expand, in the simple luxury of being; It hath not contracted its wishes, nor set a limit on its hopes; The wing of fancy is unclipped, and sin hath not seared the feelings: Each feature is stamped with immortality, for all its desires are infinite, And it seeketh an ocean of happiness, to fill the deep hollow within.

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  Morning, Ocean, Simple

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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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  Dream, Men, Wicked

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Poetical works”, p.15

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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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  Marriage, Thinking, Giving

  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.105

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• How dear to the mind of the sage are the thoughts that are bred in loneliness; for there is as it were music at his heart, and he talketh within him as with friends.

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  Loneliness, Heart, Mind

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.185

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• Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

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  Light, Burdens Of Life, Spirit

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1855). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated : First and Second Series, Complete in One Volume”, p.139

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• Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

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  Character, Building Up, Levers

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1848). “Gems from Tupper: Consisting of Extracts from the Following Works: Proverbial Philosophy; Thousand Lines; Twins; Hactenus; An Authr's Mind; Geraldine, and Other Poems; Heart; Crock of Gold; and Probabilities, an Aid to Faith”, p.189

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• Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

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  Pain, Luxury, Add

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