Famous Quotes / Martin Tupper
11 Quotations by Martin Tupper
- 1. A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for ...
- 2. A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
- 3. Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, ...
- 4. Error is a hardy plant: It flourisheth in every soil.
- 5. God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
- 6. It is well to lie fallow for a while.
- 7. Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
- 8. Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
- 9. Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
- 10. Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an ...
- 11. Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.