Author: Martin Farquhar Tupper

Quotes

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

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

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

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.

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.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

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

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

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

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