Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, but that which hatred swelleth, is keen to … - Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, but that which hatred swelleth, is keen to carve out evil.

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Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.

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A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good; for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.

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Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education, But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things.

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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.

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Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day; And in one little word, our life, what is it but--To-day?

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