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Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Sense
Maketh
Much
Refutation
Never
Contend
Would
Conceit
Errors
Fool
Learned
Wisdom

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