Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes About Giving
-
He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names, For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by their evils; Or otherwise may hinder by their glories; therefore set him by himself, To win for his individual name some clear praise.
→ -
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.
→ -
Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."
→ -
When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.
→ -
Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.
→
Related Authors
-
Edward Tufte Statistician -
Joris-Karl Huysmans Novelist -
Paul Bourget Novelist -
Friedrich Nietzsche Philologist -
Ian Maclaren Author -
Anatole France Poet -
Philo Philosopher -
Carol S. Dweck Professor -
Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly Novelist -
Octave Mirbeau Journalist -
Leon Bloy Novelist -
Linda Wisdom Author -
Henry Margenau Physicist -
Remy de Gourmont Poet -
Ernest Renan Philosopher -
George Barr McCutcheon Novelist -
Charles Tupper Former Prime Minister of Canada -
