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John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.
John Greenleaf Whittier

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Poet Quotes
Category:
American Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 17, 1807
Date of Death:
September 7, 1892
Nationality:
American
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