Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.


Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete (ed. 1871)

Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.

Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.

Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.

Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.