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Martin Farquhar Tupper Inspirational Quotes (70)

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Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.
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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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Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to this measure of capacity precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him.
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To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.
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Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.
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God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
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Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.
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Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.
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Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.
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It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.
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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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As frost to the bud, and blight to the blossom, even such is self-interest to friendship for confidence cannot dwell where selfishness is porter at the gate.
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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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Hope and be happy that all's for the best!
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Lies can destroy, but not create.
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Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.
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He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.
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One single glance will conquer all descriptions.
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Wealth oft-times killeth, where want but hindered the budding.
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Error is a hardy plant it flourisheth in every soil In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.
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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.
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Alike to the slave and his oppressor cometh night with sweet refreshment, and half of the life of the most wretched is gladdened by the soothings of sleep.
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The sun of the mind, and the life of the heart is Wisdom. She is pure and full of light, crowning grey hairs with lustre, And kindling the eye of youth with a fire not its own.
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Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.
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