Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupperwas an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
death nurse slumber
O Death, what are thou? nurse of dreamless slumbers freshening the fevered flesh to a wakefulness eternal.
lying passing-by dwelling
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.
son winning men
He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names, For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by their evils; Or otherwise may hinder by their glories; therefore set him by himself, To win for his individual name some clear praise.
sea azure naples
Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.
beautiful should-have may
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.
marriage thinking wife
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.
good-life reality wings
For life, good youth, hath never an illWhich hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill;And stubborn realities never shall bindThe free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.
kindness sea land
I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.
brother spring heart
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.
witty powerful humorous
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
love beautiful
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
wall writing world
He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.
prayer writing mind
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.
brother men speech
Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.