131 Quotes by Martin Farquhar Tupper

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

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

Love is the weapon which Omnipotence reserved to conquer rebel man when all the rest had failed. Reason he parries; fear he answers blow for blow; future interest he meets with present pleasure; but love, that sun against whose melting beams the winter cannot stand--that soft subliming slumber which wrestles down the giant, there is not one human being in a million, nor a thousand men in all earth's huge quintillion, whose clay heart is hardened against love.

Lies can destroy, but not create.

Clamorous pauperism feastest While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.

Take the good with the evil, for ye all are pensioners of God, and none may choose or refuse the cup His wisdom mixeth.

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

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

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