Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes about Giving

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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.

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.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Marriage, Thinking, Giving

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1857). “Complete poetical works: containing: Proverbial philosophy, A thousand lines, Hactenus, Geraldine, and miscellaneous poems. With a portrait of the author”, p.105

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.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wisdom, Rocks, Giving

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1838). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated”, p.9