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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.
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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Few and precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter: To what shall their rarity be likened? What prices shall count their worth? Perfect, and much to be desired, and giving joy with riches, No lovely thing on earth can picture their fair beauty. They be chance pearls, flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of Oblivion.
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Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.
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One single glance will conquer all descriptions.
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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
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Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.
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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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Economy, the poor man's mint.
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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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Hope and be happy that all's for the best!
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Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.
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Lay not the plummet to the line religion hath no landmarks no human keenness can discern the subtle shades of faith.
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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.
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