"Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote……" — Martin Farquhar Tupper
"Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?"
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33 Quotes by Martin Farquhar Tupper
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Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about…
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If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
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Hatred is the atmosphere of hell.
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A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.
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God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
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It is well to lie fallow for a while.
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Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil.
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Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, but that which hatred swelleth, is keen to carve out…
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Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses,…
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He who does not tire, tires adversity.
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Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the…
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More Idiot Quotes
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Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot…
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If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some…
— Kevin Bacon
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
— David Bailey
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
— Honore de Balzac
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He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
— Douglas Adams
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Only idiots refuse to change their minds.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.
— Charles Barkley
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The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
— Dave Barry
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There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
— Scott Adams
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