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True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Mind
Sturdy
Readily
False
Deny
Argument
Wisdom
Others
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Laboring

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