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Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Levers
Lighters
Lighter
Straws
Trifles
Building
Character

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