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Hate furroweth the brow and a man may frown till he hateth.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Men
Frown
Brow
Brows
Till
Hate
May

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