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If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand his tongue is eloquent to tempt lust of many harms is lurking in his eye he hath a hollow heart use him cautiously.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Come
Tongue
Lurking
Many
Harm
Eloquent
Heart
Friend
Beware
Wealth
Hollow
Proffered
Hand
Smooth
Cautiously
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Treachery
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