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If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Playwright
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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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And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.
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Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.
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O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity to thee the wretched seek for succor on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of--disappointment.
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A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.
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Take a dollar from a thousand and it will be a thousand no more.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.
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And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.
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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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