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I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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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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And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.
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How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease!
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The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
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Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.
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The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.
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