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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.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
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Inner and Outer London
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Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil And though calamities have crossed thee, and misery been heaped on thy head, Yet ills that never happened, have chiefly made thee wretched.
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Economy, the poor man's mint.
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Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure the most are rather lovable than hateful.
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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.
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As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.
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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.
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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
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For life, good youth, hath never an illWhich hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot killAnd stubborn realities never shall bindThe free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.
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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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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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