Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger.

Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

Hope and be happy that all's for the best!

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.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

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.

A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.

A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world.

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.

The pen has shaken nations.

Hate furroweth the brow; and a man may frown till he hateth.

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.

Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

Lay not the plummet to the line; religion hath no landmarks; no human keenness can discern the subtle shades of faith.

A juggler's skill hath been long years alearning.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.

Alike to the slave and his oppressor cometh night with sweet refreshment, and half of the life of the most wretched is gladdened by the soothings of sleep.

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.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

None is poor but the mean in mind, the timorous, the weak, and unbelieving; none is wealthy but the affluent in soul, who is satisfied and floweth over.

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.