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How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
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Inner and Outer London
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God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it: The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.
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A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.
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Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure the most are rather lovable than hateful.
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In a dream thou mayst live a lifetime, and all be forgotten in the morning: Even such is life, and so soon perisheth its memory.
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God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
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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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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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Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul.
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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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Lies can destroy, but not create.
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A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.
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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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Hate furroweth the brow and a man may frown till he hateth.
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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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Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.
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Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.
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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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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
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Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.
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