Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Eloquence, Silence, Speech)

"Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: People, Cowards, Mind, Ridicule)

"Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Prayer)

"Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Health, Luxury, Pain, Pleasure, Rest)

"Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?"
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Wisdom, Idiots, Memory)

"If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Art, Circumstances, Harm)

"He who does not tire, tires adversity."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Adversity)

"God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Love, God, Necessity)

"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Related: Friends, Today)