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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Martin Farquhar Tupper. (1810–1889) (continued)
 
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      Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.
          Of Good in Things evil.
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            Clamorous pauperism feasteth
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.
          Of Discretion.
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      Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
          Of Discretion.
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      It is well to lie fallow for a while.
          Of Recreation.
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      A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
          Of Reading.
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      Who can wrestle against Sleep?—Yet is that giant very gentleness.
          Of Beauty.
 
Daniel Clement Colesworthy. (1810–1893)
 
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    Ay, soon upon the stage of life,
  Sweet, happy children, you will rise,
To mingle in its care and strife,
  Or early find the peaceful skies.
Then be it yours, while you pursue
  The golden moments, quick to haste
Some noble work of love to do,
  Nor suffer one bright hour to waste.
          School is out.
 
William Makepeace Thackeray. (1811–1863)
 
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    Although I enter not,
Yet round about the spot
  Ofttimes I hover;
And near the sacred gate
With longing eyes I wait,
  Expectant of her.
          Pendennis: At the Church Gate.