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Love with life is heaven and life, unloving, hell.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Heaven
Love
Life
Unloving
Hell

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Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.
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Lies can destroy, but not create.
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