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Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
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Elphin
County Roscommon
Oliver Goldsmit
Doctor Goldsmith
Oliverio Goldsmith
Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
Solomon Winlove
James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
Dr Goldsmith
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.
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No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
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A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
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Measures, not men, have always been my mark.
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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
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It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.
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Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.
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Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
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A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.
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Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.
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