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Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.
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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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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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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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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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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Hate furroweth the brow and a man may frown till he hateth.
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A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.
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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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Clamorous pauperism feastest While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.
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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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