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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.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
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Inner and Outer London
Everywhere
Ignorance
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Knowledge
Universe
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Ill
Things
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Stranger
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Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.
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Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation.
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Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.
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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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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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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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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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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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I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.
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Hate furroweth the brow and a man may frown till he hateth.
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It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.
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True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.
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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
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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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