Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes about Lying

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Lies can destroy, but not create.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Lying

There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundlessAnd the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Lying, Limits, Wealth

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.20

If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness, It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy of sheer amusement; But when thou prosprest in health, and thine intellect can soar untired, To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Lying, Mind, Vacancy

"Proverbial Philosophy (Of Recreation)". Book by Martin Farquhar Tupper, 1839.

It is well to lie fallow for a while.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Lying, Advice, Vacancy

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Poetical works”, p.71

To-morrow is that lamp upon the marsh, which a traveller never reacheth; To-morrow, the rainbow's cup, coveted prize of ignorance; To-morrow, the shifting anchorage, dangerous trust of manners; To-morrow, the wrecker's beacon, wily snare of the destroyer. Reconcile conviction with delay, and To-morrow is a fatal lie; Frighten resolutions into action, To-morrow is a wholesome truth.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Lying, Ignorance, Rainbow