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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend, And round his dwelling guardian saints attend.
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Alas! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay, And those who prize the trifling things, More trifling still than they.
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One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.
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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.
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