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Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Hell
Poisonous
Soul
Foundations
Worms
Deeper
Foundation
Sea
Coiled
Pride
Haughtiness
Deep
Worm

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