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tower of strength

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tower of strength (plural towers of strength)

A person who supplies strong and reliable support, especially in difficult times.

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That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent tranquillity for an apparent temporary advantage. Thucydides

When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. Lou Gehrig

My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength. Jayne Meadows

The kings name is a tower of strength. William Shakespeare

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