Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes about Wisdom

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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.

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.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wisdom, Errors, Fool

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1871). “Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete”, p.18

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.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wisdom, Heart, Eye

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1867). “Proverbial Philosophy (the First and Second Series) by Martin F. Tupper”, p.6

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

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wise, Wisdom, Eye

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1851). “Poems of King Alfred”, p.66

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

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

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Wisdom, Mind, Argument

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1855). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated : First and Second Series, Complete in One Volume”, p.247

Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes about Wisdom

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