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Martin Farquhar Tupper was a British writer born on July 17, 1810, and died on November 29, 1889. He is known for his poetry and prose, particularly for his book 'Proverbs', which contains many aphorisms that have had a profound impact on later generations.

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Famous Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

“Memory is not wisdom ; idiots can rote volumes : Yet, what is wisdom without memory ? a babe that is strangled in its birth ; The path of the swallow in the air ; the path of the dolphin in the waters ; A cask running out ; a bottomless chasm : such is wisdom without memory. There be many wise, who cannot store their knowledge ; Yet from themselves are they satisfied, for the fountain is within :”

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Book:Proverbial philosophy

Source: Proverbial philosophy

“Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit; And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation.”

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Book:Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete

Source: Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete

“Few and precious are the words which the lips of Wisdom utter: To what shall their rarity be likened? What prices shall count their worth? Perfect, and much to be desired, and giving joy with riches, No lovely thing on earth can picture their fair beauty. They be chance pearls, flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of Oblivion.”

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Book:Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments, originally treated

Source: Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments, originally treated

“The sun of the mind, and the life of the heart is Wisdom. She is pure and full of light, crowning grey hairs with lustre, And kindling the eye of youth with a fire not its own.”

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Book:Proverbial Philosophy (the First and Second Series) by Martin F. Tupper

Source: Proverbial Philosophy (the First and Second Series) by Martin F. Tupper

“A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.”

Men Wisdom Eye Wise Fool All Things

Book:Poems of King Alfred

Source: Poems of King Alfred

“True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.”

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Book:Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated : First and Second Series, Complete in One Volume

Source: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated : First and Second Series, Complete in One Volume