Martin Farquhar Tupper: Quotes about life

Martin Farquhar Tupper was English writer and poet. Explore interesting quotes on life.

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

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Of Compensation.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)

“Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told,
And ear hath not heard it sung,
How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old,
Is the heart, forever young; —

Forever young, — though life's old age
Hath every nerve unstrung:
The heart, the heart, is a heritage
That keeps the old man young!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

The Song of Seventy.
A Thousand Lines (1846)

“For life, good youth, hath never an ill
Which hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill;
And stubborn realities never shall bind
The free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Forty, l. 29-32.
Ballads for the Times (1851)

“O fair, false city, thou gay and gilded harlot!
Wo for thy wanton heart, wo for thy wicked hardness!
Wo unto thee, that the lightsomeness of life, beneath Italian suns,
Should meet the solemnity of death, in a sepulchre so foul and fearful!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Of Death.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)