Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.
¶ (Attributed)
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Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889) English poet
Error is a hardy plant: It flourisheth in every soil.
¶ Proverbial Philosophy, "Of Truth in Things False" (1838-42)
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