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Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough and we receive it as a favor but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
James Goldsmith
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James Goldsmith
Age: 64 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 26
Died: 1997
Died: August 18
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Sir James Michael Goldsmith
Jimmy Goldsmith
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