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Speech is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection;
And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Age hath its quiet calm, and youth enjoyeth not for haste. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

How a little love and good company improves a woman. — George Farquhar

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

Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny. — George Farquhar

Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose. — Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education,
But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, but that which hatred swelleth, is keen to carve out evil. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day;
And in one little word, our life, what is it but
To-day? — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini. — George Farquhar

I hate all that don't love me, and slight all that do. — George Farquhar

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

The mines of knowledge are often laid bare by the hazel-wand of chance. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave,
And only cowards dare affront a woman. — George Farquhar

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. — George Farquhar

No woman can be a beauty without a fortune. — George Farquhar

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Clamorous pauperism feastest
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Reason refuseth its homage to a God who can be fully understood. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Do you think a woman's silence can be natural? — George Farquhar

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. — George Farquhar

He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale. — George Farquhar

Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. — George Farquhar

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

O Death, what are thou? nurse of dreamless slumbers freshening the fevered flesh to a wakefulness eternal. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Humility mainly becometh the converse of man with his Maker. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Spare all I have, and take my life. — George Farquhar

One single glance will conquer all descriptions. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A man too careful of danger liveth in continual torment, But a cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy within him. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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

The pen has shaken nations. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Necessity, the mother of invention. — George Farquhar

The most wretched have yet hope. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Who shall guess what I may be?Who can tell my fortune to me?For, bravest and brightest that ever was sungMay be - and shall be - the lot of the young! — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Hope and be happy that all's for the best! — Martin Farquhar Tupper

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. — George Farquhar

Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant. — George Farquhar

One may like the love and despise the lover. — George Farquhar

Well timed silence has more eloquence than speech. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

An artful or false woman shall set thy pillow with thorns. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

It is well to lie fallow for a while. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little. — George Farquhar

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. — George Farquhar

True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily;
False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Love with life is heaven; and life, unloving, hell. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wealth oft-times killeth, where want but hindered the budding. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool. — Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another. — George Farquhar

The shortest pleasures are the sweetest. — George Farquhar

Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase. — George Farquhar

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A juggler's skill hath been long years alearning. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony. — George Farquhar

'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon Sundays. — George Farquhar

Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate. — Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

He who does not tire, tires adversity. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Lies can destroy, but not create. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

It is the cringer to his equal that is chiefly seen bold to his God. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Policy counselleth a gift, given wisely and in season;
And policy afterwards approveth it, for great is the influence of gifts. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that. — George Farquhar

Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets. — George Farquhar

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

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. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery. — Martin Farquhar Tupper