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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
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Inner and Outer London
Wealth
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Smooth
Cautiously
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Hath
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Lust
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Treachery
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