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Martin Tupper Quotes

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."

"It is well to lie fallow for a while."

"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."

"Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health."

"He who does not tire, tires adversity."

"Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence."

"Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh."

"Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?"

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