MARTIN
FARQUHAR TUPPER
17 Jul 1810 - Nov 1889
English
author and poet, today known for writing Proverbial Philosophy,
a lengthy series of didactisims on various facets of life.
It is remarkably difficult to find anything on the life of
this man; he is far better known for his one-liners.
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QUOTES
BY MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Key: "Quote" [relevant subjects] | [source issue] | original
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"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."
[speech & speaking,
eloquence] | [1.12]
| from Proverbial Philosophy
"A
man that speaks too much, and museth but little, wasteth his
mind in words, and is counted a fool among men."
[speech
& speaking] | [1.12]
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