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Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Lovely
Humility
Ground
Softening
Shadow
Lowly
Violet
Stature
Beloved
Excellence

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